{"id":17238,"date":"2023-09-01T21:41:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T21:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=17238"},"modified":"2023-09-01T21:41:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T21:41:27","slug":"gop-senators-weigh-special-meeting-on-leadership-after-doctor-suggests-mcconnell-may-be-experiencing-small-seizures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=17238","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senators Weigh \u2018Special Meeting\u2019 on Leadership After Doctor Suggests McConnell May Be Experiencing Small Seizures"},"content":{"rendered":"

GOP Senators are weighing a \u2018special\u2019 meeting on their leadership after McConnell\u2019s latest freezing incident<\/a>.<\/p>\n

81-year-old Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is \u201cmedically clear<\/a>\u201d to continue work after he froze up for the second time within the last month on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

And this is just what we have seen in public. Certainly, McConnell is having these episodes in private as well.<\/p>\n

McConnell was holding a press conference in Covington, Kentucky on Wednesday when he went into a catatonic state.<\/p>\n

Mitch McConnell temporarily froze and was unable to speak. An aide came to his rescue and promptly ended the press conference.<\/p>\n

Late last month McConnell became unresponsive and stared blankly during a Senate press conference.<\/p>\n

As TGP\u2019s Kristinn Taylor reported<\/a>, McConnell suffered a concussion and a broken bone after a fall in March. He was hospitalized and did a stint in rehab before returning to the Senate in mid-April.<\/p>\n

A Capitol physician suggested McConnell is experiencing small seizures. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have consulted with Leader McConnell and conferred with his neurology team. After evaluating yesterday\u2019s incident, I have informed Leader McConnell that he is 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,\u201d Capitol physician Brian Monahan said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Politico reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n

A handful of GOP senators are weighing whether to force a fraught internal debate about their leadership\u2019s future after Mitch McConnell\u2019s second public freeze-up in a month.<\/p>\n

Some rank-and-file Republicans have discussed the possibility of a broader conversation once senators return to Washington next week, according to a person directly involved in the conversations who confirmed them on condition of anonymity. Party leadership is not currently involved in those discussions, and nothing has been decided yet, this person added.<\/p>\n

It takes just five Republican senators to force a special conference meeting, which is the most direct way to have a specific discussion about the minority leader after his public pause on Wednesday revived questions about his condition. But the Senate GOP also holds private lunches two or three times a week, giving members another forum for hashing out the direction of the party\u2019s leadership \u2014 one that could forestall the need for a special confab.<\/p>\n

The post GOP Senators Weigh \u2018Special Meeting\u2019 on Leadership After Doctor Suggests McConnell May Be Experiencing Small Seizures<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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