Sen. Mitch McConnell's office says he plans to serve the rest of this Congress as minority leader after questions were raised about his health this week
Questions about the future of McConnell, 81, were swiftly raised this week after he froze for 30 seconds during a news conference. The statement doesn’t address his plans in the next Congress, which begins in 2025. McConnell suffered a concussion and broken ribs from a fall he endured earlier this year. He was hospitalized and forced to go to rehab for several weeks before returning to the Senate in the spring.
Following the news conference on Wednesday, CNN reported that McConnell has also suffered two other falls this year, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. McConnell declined to explain why he paused and left his news conference, though an aide said he was feeling light-headed. “I’m fine,” McConnell told reporters when asked about the incident. This year, McConnell broke the record for longest-serving Senate party leader in history, leading the chamber’s Republicans since 2007.
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