{"id":2018404,"date":"2023-08-31T17:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T21:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-cleared-to-continue-working-after-freeze-doctor-says\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T17:08:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T21:08:19","slug":"mitch-mcconnell-cleared-to-continue-working-after-freeze-doctor-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-cleared-to-continue-working-after-freeze-doctor-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor says Mitch McConnell can keep working after &#8220;freeze.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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-cleared-to-continue-working-after-freeze-doctor-says%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=2018404&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Senate Majority \u200cLeader\u2063 Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to\u2064 reporters following the\u2062 Senate Republican policy luncheon\u2062 which both President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence attended on March 10, 2020 \u200cin Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum\/Getty \u2062Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/james-meyers\">James Meyers<\/a><br \/>1:38 PM \u2013 Thursday, \u2064August 31,\u2062 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Despite freezing up on two separate occasions at the podium over the past two\u2064 months, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been cleared\u200b to\u200d continue work as normal.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Brian Monahan,\u2063 MD, the attending physician for the U.S. Capitol, released a statement on McConnell\u2019s (R-KY) health and expressed that he had \u201cconsulted\u201d with him \u200das well as conferred with\u200c his neurology team, claiming he is \u201cmedically cleared to continue with his schedule as planned.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOccasional lightheadedness\u2063 is not uncommon in concussion recovery and can also be expected as a result of dehydration,\u201d Dr. Monahan said\u2062 in\u2062 a statement released by\u200c McConnell\u2019s office. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The doctor\u2019s clearance \u200band statement was revealed almost a full day later, after McConnell had suffered another strange episode \u200cin his home state during a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/mitch-mcconnell-freezes-again\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/mitch-mcconnell-freezes-again\/\"> press \u2062conference<\/a> \u200cwhile answering questions on whether he will run for future re-election in 2026. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>During the press conference, McConnell answered, \u201cwhat are my thoughts about what?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cRunning for\u200b re-election in 2026,\u201d a reporter asked, repeating himself.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOh,\u201d \u200dMcConnell remarked, before his eyes rolled up towards his forehead and stared up into space. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cDid\u200c you hear the question, \u2062Senator? Running\u200c for re-election in 2026?\u201d said an aide standing \u200cnext to McConnell.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It took close to 30 seconds before the Kentucky senator was speaking normally again.\u200d He then took on two additional questions.<\/p>\n<p>This also comes after NBC \u2064News reported\u200b on July 14<sup>th<\/sup> that McConnell \u2063had fallen while getting off a plane at\u200b the\u2064 Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. <\/p>\n<p>While addressing Hurricane Idalia at FEMA headquarters, President Joe Biden said on Thursday that\u200d he spoke to McConnell, whom he referred to as a \u201cfriend.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHe was his old self on the telephone,\u201d said Biden, who survived two brain aneurysms in 1988. \u201cAnd having a\u2062 little understanding \u2064of dealing with neurosurgeons and people\u2026 It\u2019s not at all unusual to have the response that sometimes happens to Mitch when you\u2019ve had a severe concussion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s part of, it is part of the recovery. And so I\u2019m confident he\u2019s going to be back\u2062 to his old self,\u201d Biden \u2064said. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking \u200cnews blasts directly to \u200byour inbox \u2064for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>According to the polls, former President Donald Trump\u2019s indictments seem to be more of a blessing than a \u200bcurse. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The \u2064Biden Administration unveils a new grant program as part of Bidenomics\u2019 investing in America agenda.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This week \u2014 headlines are dominated by the wake of Hurricane Idalia, Trump\u2019s 2024 campaign seeing just shy \u200dof $10M in donations\u00a0since the release of his Georgia Mugshot, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell freezing up in yet another press conference.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Former transgender\u200d influencer and author, Oli London, cautions against the transgender movement\u2064 for the youth.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Josh Ye and\u2063 Urvi Manoj \u200dDugar (Reuters) -At\u200d least three Chinese tech firms \u2064including Baidu, Baichuan Intelligent Technology\u2063 and Zhipu AI\u2026\u200d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>SHANGHAI (Reuters) \u2013 Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firms Baichuan Intelligent Technology and Zhipu AI on Thursday \u200copened their AI large language models\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 Alphabet\u2019s Google said on Wednesday it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-cleared-to-continue-working-after-freeze-doctor-says\/\" title=\"Doctor says Mitch McConnell can keep working after \"freeze.\"\">introduced\u200d generative artificial intelligence<\/a> \u200bto its Search tool for users in India and Japan\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) -Salesforce raised its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wall-street-closes-little-changed-on-fed-policy-fears\/\" title=\"Wall Street closes little changed on Fed policy fears\">annual revenue forecast<\/a> on Wednesday and\u2062 projected quarterly sales above estimates as it\u2064 benefits from\u2026\u2064 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) addresses reporters after the Senate Republican policy luncheon attended by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence on March 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. 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