“Everybody’s seen the clips. It’s not a valid medical diagnosis for people to say that’s dehydration,” Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., told reporters Tuesday.
in a letter Tuesday that he examined McConnell following his latest freeze-up in front of reporters last week during an event in Covington, Kentucky. In his letter, Monahan said “there is no evidence” McConnell has a seizure disorder or “experienced a stroke, TIA or movement disorder such as Parkinson’s disease.”
The doctor added: “Occasional lightheadedness is not uncommon in concussion recovery and can also be expected as a result of dehydration.”, said it’s better for senators to be “forthcoming about what’s going on with their health problems” as he questioned the Capitol doctor’s explanation of McConnell’s freeze-up last week.
He added: “The problem with saying someone has a normal EEG, and saying they’re not having seizures, is that people who have short seizures, well over 80% of them have normal EEGs. If you’re having longer seizures, you’re more likely, but even then only about half of them have abnormal EEGs. An EEG that’s done at one time on an office visit often will miss things. Even a 24-hour EEG might miss things.”“Everybody’s seen the clips,” he said.
Asked whether he is confident in McConnell’s ability to lead the conference, Paul also declined to directly comment on the matter, but said he thinks McConnell has “been up to the task.”
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