Mitch McConnell denied having health issues.

The U.S senator Mitch McConnell has denied concerns about his health conditions.

The U.S senator Mitch McConnell has denied concerns about his health conditions.Photos taken at a news conference on Oct. 20 showed what appeared to be bandages and large bruises on U.S senator Mitch McConnell’s hands and smaller bruises around his mouth. The photos triggered speculations on social media. Earlier, McConnell had survived from polio, and he had undergone surgery to repair a shoulder fracture that happened in a fall at his Kentucky home. In a brief exchange in a Senate hallway on Oct. 22, McConnell at first declined to answer when asked about his health by a Politico reporter. Later he said that he has no health issues that should concern and did not answer whether he was seeing a doctor.

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