The letter McConnell signed. The letter with McConnell’s signature was sent to Trump on July 28, seeking presidential assistance after excessive flooding and tornadoes ravaged Kentucky, leaving six Kentuckians dead and many others injured. The letter featured McConnell’s signature in blue pen, alongside fellow Kentucky lawmakers including Rand Paul, James Comer, Thomas Massie, and Andie Barr. “An autopen signature is perfectly legal if a Senator of *sound mind* directed his staff to apply his signature.” The Daily Beast observed a security detail parked outside the D.C. hospital where Mitch McConnell was admitted in June.