McConnell says a fall led to hospitalization and he won’t return to Senate floor ‘quite yet’
But I was briefly unconscious and taken to the hospital. While receiving excellent care over the past several weeks, I’ve also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia.”AdvertisementSpeculation on Capitol Hill grew last week about the veteran GOP lawmaker’s status. Multiple Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), said they spoke by phone with McConnell, though President Donald Trump said he has “no idea how he’s doing.”McConnell, 84, was admitted to a Washington, D.C.-area hospital on June 14 after an emergency at his residence.
- ▪But I was briefly unconscious and taken to the hospital.
- ▪While receiving excellent care over the past several weeks, I’ve also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia.”AdvertisementSpeculation on Capitol Hill grew last week about the veteran GOP lawmaker’s status.
- ▪Multiple Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), said they spoke by phone with McConnell, though President Donald Trump said he has “no idea how he’s doing.”McConnell, 84, was admitted to a Washington, D.C.-area hos
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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) broke weeks of silence about his health on Sunday, saying he was hospitalized last month after he “took a fall” and he doesn’t expect “to return to the Senate floor to vote quite yet.”In a statement addressed to his constituents, McConnell revealed it was a fall that landed him in the hospital, saying his physical vulnerabilities “haven’t exactly gotten easier to manage with age.” Recommended Stories Democrat Cory Booker says he will miss his ‘most unexpected friend’ in the Senate, Lindsey Graham Patel says FBI helping local authorities after Lindsey Graham’s sudden death Trump says ‘I have somebody’ to replace Lindsey Graham after senator’s death Statement From Senator Mitch McConnellWASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S.
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