Mitch McConnell releases health update, says he is ‘regaining’ strength
Mitch McConnell releases health update, says he is ‘regaining’ strength The US Republican senator has been absent from Congress during a weeks-long...
Key points
- Mitch McConnell releases health update, says he is ‘regaining’ strength The US Republican senator has been absent from Congress during a weeks-long hospitalisation, spurring concern about his condition.
- United States Senator Mitch McConnell has revealed that a fall led to his hospitalisation, breaking his silence after weeks of mounting speculation about his health.
- McConnell said he cannot return to the Senate “quite yet”.
- McConnell said he will continue to work with his staff on Senate business.
What happened
Mitch McConnell releases health update, says he is ‘regaining’ strength The US Republican senator has been absent from Congress during a weeks-long hospitalisation, spurring concern about his condition. United States Senator Mitch McConnell has revealed that a fall led to his hospitalisation, breaking his silence after weeks of mounting speculation about his health. McConnell said he cannot return to the Senate “quite yet”. McConnell said he will continue to work with his staff on Senate business. For his part, McConnell said he is determined to finish out his term. The physician’s office in Congress in the statement on Sunday said that McConnell has “experienced several falls through the year” due to his “post-polio condition”.