{"id":1983988,"date":"2023-07-27T11:02:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T15:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-recently-had-another-scary-incident-that-was-kept-quiet-until-now-report\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T11:04:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T15:04:13","slug":"mitch-mcconnell-recently-had-another-scary-incident-that-was-kept-quiet-until-now-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-recently-had-another-scary-incident-that-was-kept-quiet-until-now-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Mitch McConnell&#8217;s recent alarming incident kept under wraps until now."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmitch-mcconnell-recently-had-another-scary-incident-that-was-kept-quiet-until-now-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1983988&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>In the aftermath of Senate\u200c Minority Leader Mitch McConnell\u2019s\u2063 freeze-up at a \u200bWednesday news conference, a \u2063new \u200breport\u200d emerged of an incident previously kept quiet.<\/h2>\n<p>McConnell, who is 81, fell after he tripped while getting off a \u2063plane \u200bat Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on\u2062 July \u200b14, according \u200bto\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/mcconnell-fell-recently-dc-airport-prior-wednesdays-freeze-rcna96568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a>, \u200dwhich cited unnamed \u2064sources who revealed the incident.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell, 81, \u200cwas not seriously hurt. He was disembarking after the flight\u200b had been canceled after passengers were \u200con \u200dboard. \u2062NBC said a passenger on the plane who\u200b did \u2063not witness \u200cthe incident spoke to a passenger\u2064 who\u200c helped the Kentucky Republican.<\/p>\n<p>NBC reported that McConnell, \u2063who had \u200cpolio as a child, uses\u2063 a wheelchair in airports, \u2063citing \u201ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-moves-to-take-taxpayer-money-from-iran-nuclear-deal-and-give-to-military-dogs\/\" title=\"Cruz Moves to Take Taxpayer Money from Iran Nuclear Deal and Give to Military Dogs\">source familiar<\/a> with\u200c his \u200dpractices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March, McConnell sustained a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mcconnell-responds-alarming-episode-press-conference-got-sandbagged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concussion<\/a> and cracked a\u2064 rib after a fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s definitely\u2062 slower with his\u2064 gait,\u201d a Republican senator whose name was withheld told \u2062NBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe doesn\u2019t address it,\u201d the senator said, referring to McConnell\u2019s \u2063health issues.<\/p>\n<h3>On Wednesday,\u200d McConnell froze in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/massachusetts-climate-official-on-people-producing-emissions-we-have-to-break-your-will\/\" title=\"Massachusetts Climate Official On People Producing Emissions: \u2018We Have To Break Your Will\u2019\">mid-sentence<\/a> while speaking \u2062to \u200dreporters, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/07\/26\/mitch-mcconnell-freezes-press-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cWe\u2019ve had good bipartisan \u200bcooperation and a string of \u2026 \u201d McConnell \u200dsaid,\u200b before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mcconnell-released-hospital-headed-rehab-injuries-worse-initially-thought\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">freezing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-whistleblower-accuses-smith-college-of-racially-hostile-environment-in-resignation-letter\/\" title=\"Report: Whistleblower Accuses Smith College Of \u2018Racially Hostile Environment\u2019 In Resignation Letter\">remaining silent<\/a> for a lengthy period.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sen. \u00a0John Barrasso of Wyoming finally stepped forward and asked him quietly, \u201cDo you want to say\u200b anything else to the\u2062 press?\u201d\u2063 McConnell did not \u2062reply.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cI\u2019ll take \u200bhim back,\u201d Barrasso said to the GOP senators gathered to speak to the media.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">McConnell returned \u200dto the gathering after a few minutes to take questions, brushing off the ones about\u200d his health\u2063 with the comment, \u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe felt lightheaded\u2063 and stepped \u200baway for a moment. He came \u200bback to handle Q and A,\u201d an aide whose name\u200b was not used by the Post said.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">McConnell said President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-biden-caught-huge-lie-photographic-proof-shows-hunter-dads-corvette-pivotal-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> called him later.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\">\u201cWell, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-calls-for-special-counsel-to-investigate-the-2020-presidential-election\/\" title=\"President Trump Calls for Special Counsel to Investigate the 2020 Presidential Election\">president called<\/a>\u200b to check on me. I told him I got\u200b sandbagged,\u201d McConnell said, an apparent reference to Biden\u2019s accident at the Air Force Academy in June, in which he tripped on\u200c a \u200dsandbag and fell.<\/p>\n<p>Dr.\u2063 Lee Schwamm, a neurologist and \u2064stroke expert\u2064 at Yale, said what\u2019s known\u2062 as a transient ischemic \u2063attack \u2014 a very tiny form of stroke \u2014 could have caused the\u2062 incident, according\u200b to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/26\/us\/politics\/mitch-mcconnell-freezes-news-conference.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I were his doctor \u200cor was in that audience, I would have recommended he go\u2063 to the\u2063 emergency \u200croom immediately,\u201d \u200cSchwamm \u200dsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Transient\u200d ischemic \u2062attacks \u2064last five \u200dto 10 minutes and take place when a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-recently-had-another-scary-incident-that-was-kept-quiet-until-now-report\/\" title=\"Report: Mitch McConnell's recent alarming incident kept under wraps until now.\">blockage temporarily stops blood flow<\/a> to the brain, he explained.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mitch-mcconnell-recently-another-scary-incident-kept-quiet-now-report\/\">Mitch McConnell Recently Had\u200d Another Scary Incident That Was Kept Quiet Until Now: Report<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell experienced a mishap at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on July 14. The incident, previously undisclosed, involved McConnell, 81, tripping and falling while disembarking from a plane. NBC reported the incident, citing anonymous sources. This revelation follows McConnell&#8217;s recent freeze-up during a news conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":1983989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1983988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1983988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1983989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1983988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1983988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1983988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}