Republicans are rushing to Mitch McConnell’s defense as rumors swirl that the former Senate majority leader might be dead. Conservative commentator Scott Jennings wrote on X that he spoke to his “old friend” Tuesday morning. “He’s still recovering in the hospital. We talked for just shy of 20 minutes … about IRAN, UKRAINE, the unfolding situation in MAINE, my visit to the [Teddy Roosevelt] Presidential Library, and even a little bit of Senate history,” Jennings said. “I told him we want to see h