2023-08-31 21:12:00
While traveling in his state of Kentucky on Wednesday, Senator McConnell, 81, seemed paralyzed for about 30 seconds, unable to answer a question from a reporter.
The episode immediately rekindled criticism of the aging American political class, sometimes referred to as a gerontocracy.
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“After assessing the situation yesterday, I have advised (Senate Republican) Leader McConnell that he is medically fit to resume his schedule as scheduled,” physician Brian Monahan said in a letter released by the senator’s entourage.
The Republican tenor had already experienced a very similar episode on July 26freezing for no reason in the middle of a press conference at the Capitol, before his entourage invites him to slip away.
“Occasional dizziness is not uncommon after a concussion and can also be the result of dehydration,” said his doctor.
In March, the octogenarian senator was hospitalized after a fall during a private dinner party, which left him with a concussion, a broken rib and nearly six weeks out.
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