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Mitch McConnell’s inner circle is redoubling efforts to allow him to continue in his role as Republican Senate Minority Leadereven though you have experienced two bouts of mental confusion in front of groups of people in less than a month.
In fact, The 81-year-old politician’s work team issued a statement mentioning that the doctor in charge of looking after McConnell’s health at the Capitol defined his episodes of freezing at public events as lightheadednesswhich presumably is not a reason to remove him from his duties.
“After assessing the incident, I have informed Leader McConnell that he is medically cleared to proceed with his schedule as planned. Occasional lightheadedness is not uncommon in concussion recovery and can also be expected as a result of dehydration,” said Brian P. Monahan, MD. who also claimed to have consulted the neurology team in charge of periodically evaluating the long-lived politician.
The point of contention is that Earlier this year, Mitch McConnell suffered a fall in Washington, resulting in a concussion. and a fractured rib.
As a result, he was hospitalized for several weeks before resuming his activities, which seems to be generating new problems in his mental health.
Despite the recent diagnosis where they endorse him as practically healthy, Politicians such as Marjorie Taylor Greene, representative of Georgia, consider that, due to his advanced age, McConnell should be relieved of his duties.
However, Joe Biden in his capacity as president of the nation gave him a vote of confidence to McConnell, as he indicated that when he communicated with him by telephone, he did not detect anything out of the ordinary during the minutes that the conversation between the two lasted.
“Having a bit of knowledge about how to deal with neurosurgeons (one of the leading women on my staff, her husband is also a neurosurgeon), it’s not at all unusual to have a response that sometimes happens to Mitch when he’s suffered a severe concussion. As part of the recovery. That’s why I’m sure it will be the same again“, he expressed.
It should be noted that Addison Mitchell McConnell has not stopped working in the Senate since 1985 and refuses to resign his position.
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