President Biden stepped in to defend Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell after the Kentucky Senator’s latest freeze in front of the cameras; Biden says it’s all part of his recovery.
The 81-year-old McConnell froze in front of cameras on Wednesday while discussing a potential re-election bid in 2026; his aides had to step in to assist him.
80-year-old Biden isn’t concerned.
“I spoke to Mitch. He’s a friend and I spoke to him today,” Biden said when asked about McConnell’s health at a news conference on FEMA’s response to Hurricane Idalia. “And, you know, he was his old self on the telephone.
“And one of the leading women on my staff, her husband’s a neurosurgeon as well,” he noted. “It’s not at all unusual to have the response that sometimes happens to Mitch when you’ve had a severe concussion — it’s part of his recovery.”
“And so I’m confident he’s going to be back to his old self.”
From The New York Post:
McConnell was cleared to continue to work on Thursday, with Capitol Attending Physician Dr. Brian Monahan saying in a statement he consulted with the Kentucky Republican and his neurology team.
He found McConnell was “medically clear to continue with his schedule as planned.”
“Occasional lightheadedness is not uncommon in concussion recovery and can also be expected as a result of dehydration,” Monahan noted.
McConnell suffered a concussion in a fall March 8 at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in Washington. He also fell while deplaning a canceled flight at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in northern Virginia July 14.
Watch the clip above. More over at The New York Post:
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