Senator Mitch McConnell is headed again to the workplace once more after his second unsettling freeze throughout a information convention.
As you could recall, on Wednesday, we coated the jaw-dropping second when the Senate Minority Chief appeared to freeze up and zone out in the course of a press scrum. That was the second surprising physiological lockdown the 81-year-old Kentucky politician had skilled in current weeks. And now, docs are lastly providing solutions.
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On Thursday, McConnell’s physician Brian Monahan launched an announcement to the Washington Publish and others, claiming the Kentucky senator was affected by a “concussion” and “dehydration” in current weeks. The medical skilled mentioned:
“I’ve consulted with Chief McConnell and conferred along with his neurology group. After evaluating yesterday’s incident, I’ve knowledgeable Chief McConnell that he’s medically clear to proceed along with his schedule as deliberate.”
Per the AP, Dr. Monahan additionally added:
“Occasional lightheadedness just isn’t unusual in concussion restoration and may also be anticipated on account of dehydration.”
Jeez…
In order that’s it, then? A concussion and dehydration? …Actually?! When did he get a concussion? Are they going to elucidate that? If it’s making such a high-placed public servant incapacitated, shouldn’t we be saved knowledgeable? Definitely the individuals in his state ought to know, proper? Hmm…
The Senate will reconvene subsequent week after what has been a few month-long break. Hopefully McConnell can be OK by then?
FWIW, Joe Biden referenced McConnell’s well being throughout his personal separate press remarks on Thursday. When requested in regards to the GOP Senator, President Biden mentioned he had simply spoken to him on the cellphone, and added:
“You recognize, he was his previous self on the phone, and having just a little understanding of coping with neurosurgeons and folks, one of many main girls on my employees’s husband is a neurosurgeon as properly. It’s by no means uncommon to have a response … if you’ve received a extreme concussion, it’s a part of restoration. So, I’m assured he’s going to be again to his previous self.”
For McConnell and his constituents’ sake, we positive hope so, too…
The octogenarian’s freezes have renewed discussions about higher age and time period limits on these in public workplace. Beforehand 90-year-old Senator Dianne Feinstein and others have been caught on digicam seeming very very like they’d no concept the place they even have been. And that’s not the type of individual we want engaged on fixing our nation’s issues.
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