Posted on 08/30/2023 1:58:38 PM PDT by Signalman
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had another awkward freeze moment on Wednesday, during a press conference with reporters in Covington, Ky. The 81-year-old senator was asked if he plans to run for reelection, and he froze for about 30 seconds.
An aide eventually came up to him and asked, “Did you hear the question, senator?” But McConnell still offered no response. It’s a painfully awkward moment, as difficult to watch as when Joe Biden or John Fetterman attempts to speak.
According to a report from NBC News, “Once McConnell re-engaged, he responded briefly to another question about Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, a Republican; his aide needed to repeat the question to him. McConnell was then asked about former President Donald Trump, another question that had to be repeated. McConnell brushed off the question because he does not usually engage in Trump-related topics. He then left.”
The incident comes weeks after a similar occurrence back in July, when McConnell froze for nearly 20 seconds during a press conference.
Mitch McConnell was reelected to the U.S. Senate in 2020, and he won’t be up for reelection until 2026.
There has been wide speculation about McConnell, his health, and his future in the Senate this year. He was absent for weeks following an injury he sustained from a fall earlier this year, and rumors spread that his retirement was imminent. Sources claimed at the time that Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and John Thune (R-S.D.) were reaching out to fellow Republican senators in the event that a leadership vote was needed.
McConnell eventually returned to the Senate, but speculation regarding his health has persisted. According to reports, he’s fallen multiple times this year...
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I agree! They are not playing with a full deck, while Donald Trump is as sharp as ever!
As nonchalant as his handlers were, that tells me that this is happening frequently enough to be their norm. They didn't look the least bit spooked. Mitch was completely zoned out. He didn't respond to voice or to touch.
Expand the 25th Amendment to include all federal officeholders.
He should retire and enjoy what’s left
Retire!
I definitely put the blame on Mitch for us still having a RINO in Alaska and for Blake Masters not getting adequate funding in Arizona.
Yes, but it’s not his health.
He’s done... But they will prop him up as long as they can.
Incredible.
Like Jill Biden, so many want to hold on to power any way they can. None of them care one bit for the people. McConnell, Biden, Feinstein, Fetterman and Lord only knows how many other vessels are used to continue to wield their power.
Trump is still in good mental shape, but I don’t think he’s quite as sharp as he used to be.
How many times is this going to happen before he freezes up for the last time and just falls over and “dies suddenly” like so many others?
Question is... Who is actually in charge of the Senate minority? Who is voting for him by proxy?
He is not mentally capable...
How do you know if you have a petit mal seizure?
Absence (Petite Mal) Seizures: Symptoms, Risk, and Causes
Symptoms of an absence seizure:
staring off into space.
smacking the lips together.
fluttering eyelids.
stopping speech in the middle of a sentence.
making sudden hand movements.
leaning forward or backward.
appearing suddenly motionless.
Nov 9, 2021
Of all the crap we are dealing with 3 Senators and the President incompetent and being “run” by their staffs, as if the staffs have a mandate to do it, when what they really have is ethical obligation to say, “He/she cannot perform their duty”
He’s checked out
He’s in la la land
All the corruption and free alcohol rotted his brain
I think they get a free funeral and burial if they die in office. Too good a deal to pass up!
the turtle needs a reboot, quick, get desantis on the line...
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