In the Oct. 3 cold open on “Saturday Night Live,” Andrew Dismukes and Ashley Padilla play Republican strategists who have their work cut out for them building buzz for their party. Marcello Hernández comes in first as Marco Rubio, who speaks to constituents in Spanish, admits that Trump did not live up to expectations, and
US Senator Mitch McConnell has returned to Congress for the first time since he was admitted to hospital after a fall three months ago. “I’m really looking forward to being back on the Senate floor and seeing my colleagues,” said the 84-year-old Kentucky Republican, before casting a vote on a judicial nomination. McConnell’s long absence
US Senator Mitch McConnell has been discharged from a rehabilitation centre and will continue to recover at home, he said in a statement on Thursday. The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican was admitted to hospital in mid-June after experiencing a fall and “a mild case of pneumonia”. Last month he moved to the centre, saying he was
His office also released a memo from the Office of the Attending Physician (OAP), which said doctors visit the senator daily to discuss “all aspects of his rehabilitation care.” “Since his discharge from hospital, he has maintained an arduous course of physical therapy and rehabilitation, including multiple sessions a day designed to regain strength and
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell says he won’t return to the Senate “yet” after suffering 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 the hospital in mid-June. His office released a photo in addition to
McConnell had polio as a child and finds back-slapping painful, so Chao stepped in to hug constituents instead. “She listens very actively. She really pays attention and remembers details about people,” Kelly Westwood, director of the Kenton County Republican Women’s Caucus, told Time in 2014. “She doesn’t see them for months and then she says,
