Mitch McConnell shut down retirement speculation by announcing he will return to the Senate on Monday — more than a month after he fell for it during a dinner at the Walfdorf Astoria in D.C.
- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell shut down retirement rumors Thursday
- He announced via Twitter that he will return to the Capitol on Monday
- McConnell has been out since tripping and falling at a dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell shut down retirement rumors Thursday, announcing on Twitter that he will return to Washington Monday after recovering from a stumble last month.
On March 8, the Senate’s most senior Republican, 81, tripped and fell while attending a dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel — Trump’s former estate — in downtown Washington, DC.
Doctors said he was hospitalized for several days with a concussion and a “minor rib fracture,” and then continued his recovery at an inpatient rehab facility.
He has been gone from the US Senate for several weeks.
Thursday, The spectator reported McConnell’s 2nd and 3rd Senators John Thune and John Barrasso, as well as Senators John Cornyn, have been reaching out to GOP senators asking them to prepare for a leadership vote.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell shut down retirement rumors Thursday, announcing on Twitter that he will return to Washington Monday after recovering from a stumble last month.
“I look forward to returning to the Senate on Monday,” McConnell wrote. “We have important business to tackle and great fights to win over the people of Kentucky and the American people.”
On March 8, the Senate’s most senior Republican, 81, tripped and fell while attending a dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel — Trump’s former estate — in downtown Washington, DC.
McConnell had previously been challenged for the leadership position by Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott, whose bid failed.
The vote will take place when McConnell announces his retirement as leader and from the Senate as a whole.
Sources in McConnell’s orbit brought this up to DailyMail.com.
And on Twitter, the Kentucky Republican announced he would return to D.C. at the conclusion of the current Easter weekend.
“I look forward to returning to the Senate on Monday,” McConnell wrote. “We have important business to tackle and great fights to win over the people of Kentucky and the American people.”
Democratic Sen. Jon Fetterman, who entered Walter Reed due to clinical depression, is expected to return to the Senate next week.
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who is recovering from shingles, remains absent.
And some Democratic voices, including Rep. Ro Khanna, insisted that the 89-year-old Feinstein resign.
Khanna, who is politically aligned with Senator Bernie Sanders’ Democratic wing, had been flirting with a Senate bid to replace Feinstein but instead endorsed Representative Barbara Lee for the Senate seat.
Others, including House Speaker Emrita Nancy Pelosi, have pointed out that such calls were sexist.
It’s fun for me. I don’t know what political agendas pursue Senator Weinstein in this way. I’ve never seen them go after a guy who was sick in the Senate like that,” Pelosi told CBS on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Feinstein said she would allow Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to temporarily replace her on the Senate Judiciary Committee so that Democrats can get their judicial appointments through the chamber.
