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Mitch McConnell says he’s not ready to return to work after hospitalization
NBC News • • general
Key Points:
- Sen. Mitch McConnell remains in rehabilitation following a fall at his home in June and is not yet ready to return to in-person Senate work or attend public events like the Fancy Farm picnic in Kentucky.
- McConnell is undergoing intensive physical therapy and rehabilitation to rebuild strength and prevent future falls, with no timeline provided for his return to the Senate.
- He has missed the last 38 Senate votes and will continue to be absent during the upcoming two weeks of scheduled sessions before the summer recess.
- The Office of the Attending Physician confirmed McConnell is not medically cleared to leave rehab and return to his office.
- McConnell, who will retire at the end of this Congress, previously clarified he was briefly unconscious from the fall but did not suffer a heart attack, stroke, tumor, or hemorrhage.
