{"id":2023406,"date":"2023-09-06T13:19:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T17:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-doctor-rand-paul-says-capitol-physician-is-wrong-about-mitch-mcconnell-somebody-ought-to-wake-up\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T13:21:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T17:21:47","slug":"longtime-doctor-rand-paul-says-capitol-physician-is-wrong-about-mitch-mcconnell-somebody-ought-to-wake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-doctor-rand-paul-says-capitol-physician-is-wrong-about-mitch-mcconnell-somebody-ought-to-wake-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Rand Paul disagrees with Capitol Physician on McConnell, urges wake-up call."},"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\">24<\/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%2Flongtime-doctor-rand-paul-says-capitol-physician-is-wrong-about-mitch-mcconnell-somebody-ought-to-wake-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=2023406&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>Longtime Doctor\u2062 Rand Paul Says Capitol Physician Is Wrong About Mitch McConnell: &#8216;Somebody\u2064 Ought to Wake Up&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Republican Sen. Rand Paul questioned the medical\u200d opinion of a doctor who evaluated Senate Minority Leader Mitchell McConnell\u200c this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-iowa-tucker-carlson-did-the-job-the-decaying-media-monolith-wont\/\" title=\"Tucker Carlson in Iowa: Media Fails, He Succeeds.\">past\u2064 week<\/a> and concluded his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-podcasts-glitch-affecting-access-to-podcast-episodes\/\" title=\"Apple Podcasts Glitch Affecting Access To Podcast Episodes\">recent episodes<\/a> of freezing up in public are simply\u200b the lingering effects of a concussion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-tucker-takes-shot-mitch-mcconnell-<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>-leaders-apparent-stroke\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>McConnell<\/a> first froze up in July while addressing\u200d reporters in Washington:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Flag: \u200dMcConnell just stopped abruptly during his opening statement during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-adviser-calls-republican-sen-rick-scott-putin-sympathizer-for-calling-out-inflation-issues\/\" title=\"Biden Adviser Calls Republican Sen. Rick Scott Putin Sympathizer For Calling Out Inflation Issues\">gop leadership presser<\/a> and appeared to be unable to restart talking. He then stepped away and walked away with Barrasso: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f1kFUjggzm\">pic.twitter.com\/f1kFUjggzm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frankthorp\/status\/1684262402664038405?\">July 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In August, it happened again as \u2064the 81-year-old\u200b spoke to reporters in Covington, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mcconnell-appears-suffer-another-scary-health-episode-camera-keeps-rolling-aides-step\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kentucky<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Senate Minority \u200bLeader \u200cMitch McConnell appears to FREEZE again while taking questions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MVZNsuq838\">pic.twitter.com\/MVZNsuq838<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1696940292954628555?\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dr. Brian P. Monahan, the attending physician of both Congress and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-think-can-run-clarence-thomas-off-supreme-court-watch-video-1991-confirmation-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a>, released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-capitol-physician-releases-statement-mcconnells-health-running-tests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a statement<\/a> on Tuesday after he \u200devaluated McConnell.<\/p>\n<h3>Should Mitch McConnell resign?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Monahan wrote \u2064that the 81-year-old did not suffer\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doctor-warns-stroke-season-physicians-noticing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a stroke<\/a> or\u200c a seizure during either event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy examination of you following your August 30, 2023 brief episode\u200b included several medical\u200c evaluations: brain MRI imaging, EEG study and consultations with several neurologists for a comprehensive\u200b neurology assessment,\u201d \u2062Monahan stated, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/4187485-capitol-physician-rules-out-seizure-disorder-stroke-after-latest-mcconnell-freeze-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The\u200d Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The physician added: \u201cThere is no evidence that you have a seizure disorder or that you experienced a\u2063 stroke, TIA or \u200dmovement disorder such as Parkinson\u2019s disease. There are no\u200d changes recommended in treatment protocols as you \u2063continue recovery \u2063from your March 2023\u2063 fall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monahan also attributed the senator\u2019s recent issues partially to dehydration.<\/p>\n<p>The senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-senator-provides-update-mitch-mcconnell-scary-freeze-ups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fell<\/a> at his Kentucky home in March and suffered both a concussion and a fractured \u2062rib. He returned to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/capitol-police-issue-shelter-place-order-senate-office-buildings-concerning-911-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Senate<\/a> the following month and experienced no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/longtime-doctor-rand-paul-says-capitol-physician-is-wrong-about-mitch-mcconnell-somebody-ought-to-wake-up\/\" title=\"Dr. Rand Paul disagrees with Capitol Physician on McConnell, urges wake-up call.\">outward health issues<\/a> for months.<\/p>\n<p>But his recent public episodes have \u2062had many \u200bpeople\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mtg-calls-mcconnell-health-scare-says-no-longer-fit-office-family-ashamed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">questioning<\/a> whether it is \u200btime for him to retire.<\/p>\n<p>Paul, an ophthalmologist, did not call\u2064 on McConnell to\u200d step aside on Tuesday when he was asked \u200cabout his colleague, \u2063nor did he say he believes\u200d the longest-serving Senate leader in history is incapable of working.<\/p>\n<p>But\u2062 he did question Monahan\u2019s assessment of McConnell during an interview with multiple reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s an\u2063 inadequate explanation to say this is dehydration,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fauci-gets-brutal-news-sen-rand-paul-us-attorney-officially-notified\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul<\/a> stated.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cI\u2019ve practiced medicine for 25 years, and it doesn\u2019t \u2063look like dehydration to me. It looks \u200dlike a \u2063focal neurologic event. That\u200c doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s incapacitating. It\u200b doesn\u2019t mean he can\u2019t serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul concluded, \u201cBut\u200d it \u200bmeans that somebody ought to wake up and say, \u2018Wow! This\u2062 looks like a seizure.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/longtime-doctor-rand-paul-says-capitol-physician-wrong-mitch-mcconnell-somebody-wake\/\">Longtime Doctor \u2063Rand Paul Says Capitol Physician Is \u200dWrong About Mitch McConnell: &#8216;Somebody Ought to Wake Up&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Sen. Rand Paul challenged a doctor&#8217;s assessment of Senate Minority Leader Mitchell McConnell&#8217;s recent episodes of freezing up in public. The doctor attributed it to lingering concussion effects. McConnell&#8217;s first freeze occurred in July during a press briefing in Washington. Paul questions the medical opinion. Flag: McConnell abruptly halted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":2023408,"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-2023406","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\/2023406","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\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2023406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2023408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}