2nd statement, photo released from Sen. Mitch McConnell; says he won't attend Fancy Farm - WLKY
Senator Mitch McConnell has released a statement confirming he will miss the Fancy Farm political event due to ongoing rehabilitation following a fall. His medical team reports that he is undergoing intensive physical therapy for mobility issues related to childhood polio and is not yet cleared to return to work.
Why it matters
As a long-serving Senate leader, McConnell's health status and ability to return to his legislative duties have significant implications for U.S. Senate operations and Republican party leadership.
Sen. Mitch McConnell's press team has released a new statement and second photo since his hospitalization. The statement says he's still doing rehabilitation and his doctor says he's not yet clear to return to Congress. It also says he won't be attending Fancy Farm, Kentucky's biggest political event, on Saturday, which he has attended for years: “I’m still working hard to get back to my full schedule of work in the Senate and in Kentucky, keeping up with intense physical therapy per my doctors’ orders. Unfortunately, that means I won’t be able to make it to Fancy Farm, Kentucky this Saturday. “There’s no place I’d rather be on the first Saturday in August than with the good people of western Kentucky, feasting on pork and mutton. When I first attended forty-two years ago, Fancy Farm was a pretty lonely place to be a Republican.
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