{"id":18551,"date":"2026-02-04T02:02:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T02:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=18551"},"modified":"2026-02-04T02:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T02:02:28","slug":"mitch-mcconnell-admitted-to-hospital-with-flu-like-symptoms-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=18551","title":{"rendered":"Mitch McConnell admitted to hospital with \u2018flu-like symptoms\u2019 | Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Republican senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/mitch-mcconnell\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> was admitted to a hospital on Monday night due to \u201cflu-like symptoms\u201d, his office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cIn an abundance of caution, after experiencing flu-like symptoms over the weekend, Senator McConnell checked himself into a local hospital for evaluation last night,\u201d the statement reads. \u201cHis prognosis is positive and he is grateful for the excellent care he is receiving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">McConnell, 83, missed votes in the Senate on Monday and Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/02\/03\/congress\/mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-00763670\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">according to Politico<\/a>. He has <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/mitch-mcconnell-falls-senate-building-question-about-ice-11831172\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">struggled<\/a> with his mobility <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/27\/politics\/mitch-mcconnell-multiple-falls-this-year\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">in recent years<\/a>, repeatedly taking falls and suffering a concussion in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The Kentucky senator said last year he would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cp8le2p353zo\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">not seek re-election<\/a> in 2026, after a more than 40-decade career in the US Senate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><em>More details soon \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Mitch #McConnell #admitted #hospital #flulike #symptoms #Republicans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican senator Mitch M&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18551"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}