{"id":2020812,"date":"2023-09-03T12:29:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T16:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-provides-update-on-mcconnell-after-second-freeze-up\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T12:30:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T16:30:02","slug":"gop-senator-provides-update-on-mcconnell-after-second-freeze-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-provides-update-on-mcconnell-after-second-freeze-up\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senator Updates on McConnell After Second Freeze-Up"},"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%2Fgop-senator-provides-update-on-mcconnell-after-second-freeze-up%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=2020812&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\u2063 Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mitch-mcconnell\">Mitch \u2064McConnell<\/a> (R-KY) Faces Health\u200c Concerns<\/h2>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)\u2062 is \u201cperfectly capable\u201d of continuing to \u2064serve after appearing \u2064to freeze up\u200b for the second time in a month, \u200ca GOP colleague said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) told CNN\u2019s Dana\u2062 Bash that he spoke with McConnell on Saturday and informed the\u2063 Kentucky Republican that he wanted \u2063to touch base before \u2064doing\u2062 the interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyt-promoted-idea-that-trump-loyalists-might-have-killed-capitol-police-officer-one-month-later-they-issue-significant-update\/\" title=\"NYT Promoted Idea That Trump Loyalists Might Have Killed Capitol Police Officer. One Month Later, They Issue Significant Update.\">good shape<\/a>,\u201d Rounds said. \u201cHe was \u200bdirect. He said he fell. He said, \u2018I had that concussion.\u2019 \u200dAnd he said, \u2018They warned me that I would be \u2063lightheaded in the future\u200b and that I have got to be aware of\u200d it.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rounds \u200dadded: \u201cHe said,\u200c \u2018It\u200b happened twice.\u2019 \u2062He said, \u2018It just so happens \u2063I\u2019m doing \u200cit \u2064in front of reporters.\u2019 But he \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-provides-update-on-mcconnell-after-second-freeze-up\/\" title=\"GOP Senator Updates on McConnell After Second Freeze-Up\">felt good \u200byesterday<\/a>.\u200b He said \u2062he\u2019s got to watch his hydration levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/27\/politics\/mitch-mcconnell-multiple-falls-this-year\/index.html\">reported<\/a> \u200b that McConnell, 81, had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doctor-delivers-bad-news-to-biden-after-he-takes-terrible-tumble-at-air-force-graduation\/\" title=\"Doctor tells Biden bad news after Air Force graduation fall.\">fallen multiple times<\/a> this year and sustained a\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">senate<\/a>-minority-leader-mitch-mcconnell-returns-home-after-treatment-for-fall-concussion&#8221;>concussion<\/a>. The report came out in\u2064 late July after McConnell appeared momentarily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mcconnell-freezes-up-during-press-conference-trolls-biden-after-returning\">unable<\/a> to respond to questions during a press\u200b conference \u200bon Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Following a second incident last week \u2014 this one in Kentucky \u2063when McConnell paused for about thirty seconds when asked about his\u200c thoughts on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/senators\/Class_II.htm\">running for re-election \u2064in \u200c2026<\/a> \u2014 the attending physician of\u200c the \u2062U.S. Congress released\u2064 a brief note.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING NEWS: Sen.\u200b Mitch McConnell appearing to have another scary episode in the media gaggle in Covington today. Aides had to step\u200d in \u2064to help him out \u200dand repeat\u2062 questions. He was\u2064 eventually lead away. \u2064We&#8217;ll\u200c have the full video 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 \u2062Hannah\u200b Thomas\u2063 (@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\u2063 and conferred with his neurology team. After evaluating (Wednesday\u2019s)\u2062 incident, I have informed Leader\u2064 McConnell that he is medically clear\u200d to continue with his schedule as planned,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/physician-releases-mcconnell-evaluation-after-second-freeze-up-scare\">said<\/a> Dr. Brian\u2064 Monahan. \u201cOccasional\u2062 lightheadedness \u200bis not uncommon \u200bin\u200c concussion recovery and can also be expected\u2063 as \u200da result of dehydration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amid a renewed torrent of\u200b speculation about McConnell\u2019s future and who might \u2064take his\u2063 place\u200b as \u2062GOP leader in the Senate,\u2063 Rounds insisted that McConnell would come back to \u2064Washington, \u2062D.C., and discuss\u2064 the matter with his colleagues after the summer \u200crecess, during which the Kentucky Republican has been fundraising.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMitch is sharp, \u2063and \u200che is shrewd.\u200c He understands what needs to \u200dbe done. I will\u200b leave it up to him as to\u2062 how he wants\u2062 to discuss that \u2063with\u2062 the American\u200b public,\u201d \u200dRounds said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut \u2062there\u2019s no doubt\u2062 in my\u200c mind that he is\u200d perfectly capable of continuing on at this \u2063stage of the game,\u201d \u200cRounds added. \u201cAnd he\u2019s got a\u200d good team \u200baround him. He\u2019s done \u200da \u2062good job of developing that leadership team. They have been\u2063 supportive of him.\u200c During the time in which\u200b he was\u2062 out of the center for a while, \u2062the team did a \u200cgreat \u2064job. My seatmate,\u200d John \u200bThune here in\u200d South Dakota, picked up \u200dthe\u2063 reins and \u200cworked it well. \u200bAnd he had a great team around \u2062him as well. So I\u2019m not \u2064worried about that at all. We have got a good team in place, \u200band Mitch is there, and I think \u2064Mitch will be able to answer\u200c any questions that may\u200b come \u2063up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) can still serve effectively despite freezing up twice in a month, according to GOP colleague Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD). Rounds spoke to McConnell and expressed his support, assuring the Kentucky Republican of his confidence in his abilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2020813,"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-2020812","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\/2020812","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=2020812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}