Sen. Mitch McConnell Released From Rehab Center Following Concerning Fall

Sen. Mitch McConnell Released From Rehab Center Following Concerning Fall

Sen. #MitchMcConnell, 84, has been released from the rehab facility where he’d been recovering since a mid-June fall.

“Earlier today, I was discharged from the rehabilitation center to continue my recovery at home,” the #Kentucky Republican said in a statement, thanking his wife Elaine, well-wishers, and the medical staff who treated him. He hasn’t given a timeline for returning to the Senate, which is set to begin a five-week recess soon, and his office has faced criticism — including from Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear — for staying largely silent about his condition since he vanished from public view following his June 14 hospitalization.

The episode drew added scrutiny after police scanner audio obtained by NBC News revealed paramedics had performed CPR on someone in cardiac arrest at McConnell’s home. McConnell later said he’d been “briefly unconscious” after a fall, telling reporters on July 12 that doctors ruled out broken bones, a concussion, heart attack, stroke, tumors, or hemorrhaging, though he did develop a mild case of pneumonia during his recovery. #McConnell, who is retiring when his term ends in January, has weathered a string of health scares in recent years, including a week-long hospitalization for flu-like symptoms in February, a 2023 concussion, several on-camera freezing episodes that same year, and a fractured shoulder from a 2019 fall.