{"id":2025046,"date":"2023-09-07T18:38:42","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T22:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-decides-future-of-senate-career-after-recent-string-of-medical-episodes\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T18:40:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T22:40:26","slug":"mcconnell-decides-future-of-senate-career-after-recent-string-of-medical-episodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-decides-future-of-senate-career-after-recent-string-of-medical-episodes\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell&#8217;s Senate Career Future Determined After Recent Medical Episodes"},"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\">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%2Fmcconnell-decides-future-of-senate-career-after-recent-string-of-medical-episodes%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=2025046&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>McConnell Decides\u200b Future of Senate Career After Recent \u2062String of Medical Episodes<\/h2>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he isn\u2019t going anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Despite recent health episodes, the Republican has confirmed \u200dthat he plans\u2062 to finish \u2064both his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-thanks-ill-be-skipping-the-inauguration\/\" title=\"No Thanks, I\u2019ll Be Skipping the Inauguration\">current term<\/a> \u200das a Kentucky U.S.\u200d Senator\u200c and as the leader of the GOP caucus in the \u200dSenate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-says-get-touch-mcconnell-freezing-episode-bizarrely-deflects-re-election-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McConnell<\/a> answered a question on his plans \u200bin a Capitol \u2063news conference on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no announcements to make on that subject,\u201d McConnell said of calls for him to step down.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cI\u2019m going to \u200bfinish my term as leader. And I\u2019m going to finish my Senate term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mitch McConnell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeaderMcConnell?\">@LeaderMcConnell<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WI5tLZUPcT\">pic.twitter.com\/WI5tLZUPcT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HowardMortman\/status\/1699500084713418901?\">September 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going \u2064to\u2064 finish my term as\u200c leader. And I\u2019m going to finish my Senate term. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell\u2019s fitness for office\u2062 has come under scrutiny following two \u200bincidents in which he froze up over the summer and was unable to speak during public news conferences.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING NEWS: Sen. Mitch McConnell appearing to have \u200danother scary\u200c episode in the \u2062media gaggle\u200d in Covington today. Aides had to \u200dstep \u2063in to help him out and repeat \u200cquestions. He was \u200beventually lead away. We\u2019ll have the full video on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WLWT?\">@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?\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 81-year old\u2062 was silent for about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mcconnell-responds-alarming-episode-press-conference-got-sandbagged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30\u200b seconds<\/a> in both episodes \u2014 with some\u2064 doctors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/two-doctors-idea-causing-mitch-mcconnell-freeze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speculating<\/a> about\u2063 his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-ways-your-eyes-may-be-telling-you-your-brain-is-in-trouble\/\" title=\"Four Ways Your Eyes May Be Telling You Your Brain Is in Trouble\">neurological health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 incidences have spurred questions about McConnell\u2019s health even from\u200c other Republican senators, who traditionally are hesitant to challenge the leader of their\u200b party\u2019s caucus.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-capitol-physician-releases-statement-mcconnells-health-running-tests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawyers-for-woman-on-death-row-request-president-trump-grant-clemency-a-week-before-execution\/\" title=\"Lawyers for woman on death row request President Trump grant clemency a week before execution\">public statement<\/a><\/a> on Tuesday, Capitol physician\u200c Dr. Brian Monahan said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-decides-future-of-senate-career-after-recent-string-of-medical-episodes\/\" title=\"McConnell's Senate Career Future Determined After Recent Medical Episodes\">health episodes show \u201c<\/a>no evidence\u201d \u2063of strokes or seizure disorders.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New letter from Capitol attending physician Monahan to McConnell:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere \u200bis no evidence that you have a seizure disorder or that you experienced a stroke, TIA \u200dor movement disorder such as Parkinson\u2019s disease.\u201d\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DTnRJSUqh2\">pic.twitter.com\/DTnRJSUqh2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/igorbobic\/status\/1699080056897695934?\">September 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Monahan likened the episodes to after-effects of \u2063a fall\u200c McConnell suffered in March. The powerful senator sustained a\u200d concussion during that fall.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/senators\/Class_II.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">current Senate term<\/a> \u2014 his seventh \u200b\u2014 is slated to expire in January 2027. \u2062He would \u2063be \u206484 at that time.<\/p>\n<p>Elections for a Senate minority or <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\">majority leader<\/a> are held in each new Congress.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell has served as a party leader\u200c in\u2062 the Senate for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/senators\/longest-serving-party-leaders.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">longer time<\/a> than any of his \u2063predecessors.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mcconnell-decides-future-senate-career-recent-string-medical-episodes\/\">McConnell Decides Future of Senate \u2062Career After \u2062Recent \u200bString of Medical \u2063Episodes<\/a> \u200b appeared first\u200d on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite recent health episodes, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has confirmed that he intends to complete his current term as a Kentucky U.S. Senator and continue leading the GOP caucus in the Senate. McConnell addressed his plans during a Capitol news conference, asserting his determination to stay in his positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":2025047,"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-2025046","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\/2025046","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\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}