By McKenna Horsley
Kentucky Lantern
A spokesperson for U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell said the Kentucky Republican is keeping up with government business during his hospitalization.
“Senator McConnell is fully engaged with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters and is very appreciative of the outstanding care he is receiving,” said Stephanie Penn this week.
McConnell, 84, was admitted to a hospital on Sunday, Penn previously said. The original statement did not say why he was hospitalized or if he is in Kentucky or Washington, D.C.
McConnell was hospitalized in February “after experiencing flu-like symptoms.” At the time, Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers said McConnell was “out texting and calling from a hospital bed” and discussed federal funding going to Kentucky in a recent package.
A Punchbowl News reporter tweeted Monday evening that Republican U.S. Senate Leader John Thune said he had spoken to McConnell who “wants to be back, but I’ll defer to his staff on when.”
McConnell announced last year that he would not seek reelection to the seat he’s held since his election in 1984. Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and Democratic former state Rep. Charles Booker are campaigning to succeed McConnell in the fall.
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