US Senator Mitch McConnell says he will not be returning to the Senate "quite yet" after suffering from a fall and "a mild case of pneumonia".

It is the first statement from the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican after weeks of speculation about his health, following his admission to hospital in mid-June.

A photo was released by his office, in addition to the statement, which shows McConnell with his wife holding what appeared to be Sunday's Washington Post newspaper.

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[–] 29 points 4 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 17 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    Why is he wearing clothes and not scrubs, and why does the pillow not have an indentation where his head is resting? And why is he not hooked up to a bunch of tubes?

    I agree. If he doesn't return to office in the next week or less we know he's definitely dead.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago

    Patients in hospital don't wear scrubs. They're hardly gonna scrub up and operate on themselves! They get the ass-peek gowns.

    But you are allowed to put on your own clothes to take a picture, as long as they don't interfere with tubes/wires/bandages etc.

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