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Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:53 pm He had a hell of a fall!

Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 6:53 pm He had a hell of a fall!

Frank Thorp V @frankthorp wrote: Flag: McConnell just stopped abruptly during his opening statement during the gop leadership presser and appeared to be unable to restart talking. He then stepped away and walked away with Barrasso:

Acyn @Acyn wrote: Reporter: Can you address what happened at the start of the press conference and was it related to when you suffered a concussion earlier this year?

McConnell: I’m fine

raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:17 pm McConnell is not looking good.

sad-cafe wrote: ↑Fri Mar 10, 2023 9:02 am Somewhere I also read he has MS

WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tripped and fell disembarking from a plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport this month, two sources familiar with the incident said.

McConnell, 81, was not seriously hurt, and he was seen later that day at the Capitol, where he interacted with at least one reporter.

The fall, which has not been previously reported, occurred July 14 after the flight out of Washington was canceled while everyone was on board. McConnell, R-Ky., who was a passenger, had a “face plant,” someone who was on the plane at the time but did not witness the fall told NBC News. That passenger also said they spoke to another passenger who helped tend to McConnell.

McConnell has also recently been using a wheelchair as a precaution when he navigates crowded airports, said a source familiar with his practices.

Nancy Sinatra @NancySinatra 4h
My dad used to say you have to know when to get off.

Quote Tweet Ryan Shead @RyanShead 9h
Mitch McConnell stopped speaking and froze at the podium today.

…he had to be physically walked back behind closed doors.

That man is not well. It’s time to send the folks who have been in D.C. for decades into retirement

Luke Johnson 55m
You're right, Nancy. A bit concerned about who would succeed him. The devil we know or take a chance? I guess either way, all the GOP does is lose & they will fail again in 2024. They've done nothing for Americans but ridiculous & meaningless "culture wars". #LOSERS

As McConnell Tries to Convey Business as Usual, His Future Is in Doubt
The minority leader’s health episode at the Capitol has intensified talk about a possible succession, a prospect that his colleagues have not seriously grappled with for years.

It has been decades since there was any real uncertainty at the top of the Republican Party in the Senate. But Senator Mitch McConnell’s alarming freeze-up at a news conference on Wednesday at the Capitol, as well as new disclosures about other recent falls, have shaken his colleagues and intensified quiet discussion about how long he can stay in his position as minority leader, and whether change is coming at the top.

For months even before he had an apparent medical episode on camera on Wednesday while speaking to the press, Mr. McConnell, the long-serving Republican leader from Kentucky, has been weakened, both physically and politically. The latest incident made those issues glaringly apparent: Mr. McConnell, 81, froze mid-remarks, unable to continue speaking, and appeared disoriented with his mouth shut as his aides and colleagues led him gently away.

Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 2 Republican, quickly stepped in behind the lectern and picked up where Mr. McConnell had left off, in a scene that underscored how the lanky 62-year-old has positioned himself as the leader’s most obvious successor. It was a reminder that no one — even Mr. McConnell, who this year became the longest-serving Senate leader in history — is irreplaceable and raised questions about how long Mr. McConnell could continue to simply gut it out.

Months ago, there seemed to be a developing race to succeed him among Mr. Thune, Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming, the No. 3 Republican, and Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the former whip; they are known around the Capitol as “the three Johns.” But during Mr. McConnell’s extended absence earlier this year following a serious fall, Mr. Thune moved into the position of taking charge of the conference.

Suranis wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 1:17 pm So he is falling so much he needs a wheelchair, but he has Fox News and his Social Media trolls going around saying Biden is unfit to be in office because he slipped on the stairs once and got his trousers caught on his bike.

Mitch McConnell’s Colleagues ‘Alarmed’ by Deteriorating Hearing Loss: Report

Dan Ladden-Hall News Correspondent
Published Aug. 14, 2023 7:12AM EDT

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is “plagued by worsening hearing loss” and his colleagues have become concerned about his health, according to Politico. The 81-year-old insisted he was “fine” last month after he appeared to freeze up while speaking to reporters in the Capitol, with reports following soon after that he had suffered a series of falls earlier this year. Politico now reports that McConnell’s colleagues have “grown more alarmed” about his health, with one lawmaker speaking to McConnell’s staff about whether he should consider getting hearing implants. “He was sitting there as the conversation went on around him,” the anonymous colleague said of McConnell’s hearing loss after attending a recent Senate Republican lunch.




https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcc ... t?ref=home

New Turtle wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 12:06 pm If they still follow their internal pecking order, John Cornyn would be the next GOP leader in the Senate.