{"id":2018360,"date":"2023-08-31T16:34:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T20:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/physician-releases-mcconnell-evaluation-after-second-freeze-up-scare\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T16:35:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T20:35:04","slug":"physician-releases-mcconnell-evaluation-after-second-freeze-up-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/physician-releases-mcconnell-evaluation-after-second-freeze-up-scare\/","title":{"rendered":"Physician shares McConnell evaluation after second freeze-up scare."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fphysician-releases-mcconnell-evaluation-after-second-freeze-up-scare%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=2018360&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>Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mitch-mcconnell\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> Cleared to Continue Working<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-extends-remote-voting-period-for-house-lawmakers-citing-pandemic\/\" title=\"Pelosi Extends Remote-Voting Period For House Lawmakers, Citing Pandemic\">attending physician<\/a> of the U.S. Congress announced on Thursday that Senate Minority \u2062Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is\u2064 cleared to continue working, just 24 hours after\u2062 he appeared to freeze up\u200b at a press \u2062conference for the second time in a month.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING NEWS: Sen. \u200bMitch McConnell appearing \u2064to have another scary episode in \u200bthe media gaggle in\u2062 Covington today. Aides had to step\u2064 in to help him out and repeat questions.\u2062 He was eventually lead away. We&#8217;ll have the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-suv-plows-through-crowd-that-was-mobbing-his-car-while-responding-to-street-racing-in-tacoma-video\/\" title=\"Police SUV Plows Through Crowd that Was Mobbing His Car While Responding To Street Racing In Tacoma (VIDEO)\">full video<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WLWT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WLWT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q9ex5MHxLV\">pic.twitter.com\/q9ex5MHxLV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hannah Thomas (@HannahPThomas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HannahPThomas\/status\/1696936240040321474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI have consulted with Leader McConnell and conferred with his neurology\u2062 team. After evaluating yesterday\u2019s \u2063incident, I have informed Leader McConnell that he is medically clear to continue with his schedule as planned,\u201d said Dr. Brian Monahan.<\/p>\n<p>According\u200d to Dr. Monahan, occasional lightheadedness \u200dis not uncommon in concussion recovery \u2063and can \u2062also be expected as a result of\u200b dehydration.<\/p>\n<p>During an event in Kentucky on Wednesday, McConnell, 81,\u2063 struggled to respond to a question about his thoughts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/senators\/Class_II.htm\">running for re-election in 2026<\/a>. Video footage showed him being assisted \u2062by two people in the room before he was able to take a couple more questions and end the press conference.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell\u2019s spokesperson\u2062 stated that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-hell-get-in-touch-with-mcconnell-after-freezing-episode-bizarrely-deflects-re-election-question\/\" title=\"Biden to Contact McConnell After Freeze, Avoids Re-Election Query\">felt momentarily lightheaded<\/a>\u200b and paused during the \u200cpress conference. As\u200c a precautionary measure, McConnell will be consulting a\u200d physician prior to \u200bhis \u2064next event.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden expressed his concern and said he planned to call\u200d McConnell to\u2062 check up on \u2062him. Biden \u200dlater confirmed that they had a conversation and that McConnell seemed to\u200b be his old self \u2062on the telephone.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first \u2064time McConnell has experienced such\u2064 an incident. Several weeks earlier, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feinstein-appears-to-have-awkward-moment-reads-speech-during-vote\/\" title=\"Feinstein's 'Awkward Moment': Reads Speech While Voting\">momentarily froze<\/a> while speaking to the press on Capitol\u200c Hill. However, he assured everyone that he \u2064was fine.<\/p>\n<p>It \u200bis worth noting that McConnell sustained a\u200b concussion earlier this year\u200c after a fall.\u200d Reports have \u200calso emerged that \u2064he had fallen at least\u200b two other\u200c times in the preceding months. McConnell is part of \u200ca group of older politicians,\u2064 including Biden and Sen. \u200cDianne Feinstein (D-CA), \u2064who have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/physician-releases-mcconnell-evaluation-after-second-freeze-up-scare\/\" title=\"Physician shares McConnell evaluation after second freeze-up scare.\">faced\u2063 health concerns<\/a>\u2063 and\u2062 pressure to retire.<\/p>\n<h3>Get the\u200b DailyWire+\u200d App<\/h3>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1693504018745000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1RMMjCvCBOBYdpkw5O_njE\">CLICK HERE TO \u200bGET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>with his medical team, and it has been determined that he is fit to carry on with his duties,&#8221; stated the attending physician of the U.S. Congress. This announcement comes after Senator McConnell experienced a momentary freeze during a recent press conference, marking the second occurrence in a month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2018361,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2018360","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\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2018361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}