Sen. Mitch McConnell appears to freeze again at a Kentucky event
The Republican leader was silent for more than 30 seconds after being asked if he will run for re-election. He froze at a news conference in July.
I'm so thankful we have such healthy, focused, and competent leaders deciding the fate of millions in this country 🙏 🤡
All jokes on this fucker getting what he deserves aside. How sad is it this is the state of our politics. The rest of us are watching this dude, who is in charge of major decisions that affect our collective lives, literally “stroke out” when being asked a simple question.
Just looking into those soulless eyes with bated breath like we are going to hear something other than nonsense dribble off of his chin.
I see it and all I can think of is those gross “wise men” from the movie 300.
This is what the death of democracy looks like…
You call it silence, I call it Mitch speaking his ethics.
This is likely going to be unpopular, but McConnell, for all his faults, is one of the last remaining bulwarks of somewhat sane GOP machinery. I don't like the guy, but he's immeasurably better than having a MAGA fuckstick running the Senate caucus.
All that said, when your politician needs to be rebooted in the middle of public appearances, it's time to trade it in for a newer model.
The first part of your comment may be true, but it's leaving out an important caveat: he's very much directly responsible for the current state of his party, and the rabid base he helped create.
I think that's some important context.
He's one of the elements holding back the monster he created. MFer vetoed his own bill after Obama came out in support of it.
The MAGA collective are too busy calling each other pedos to be effective. Kevin Mccarthy found this out the hard way trying to get his votes. That was the only silver lining of Trump, he was too incompetent to actually accomplish his goals. How much of that wall got built?
Mitch however is the reason the supreme court was able to repeal Roe. Not that I would relish someon like MTG getting more power, but it's in our best interest for the self enrichment fools to line their pockets instead of an idealog getting things done.
He enabled maga because he wanted to wield it. His whole constituency is poor as fuck in Kentucky because of him.
Can you please ELI5 what GOP and MAGA mean?
Grand old party (Republicans)
Make America great again (Trump fans)
I've seen this before. His Hard Drive is dying, need to swap it out for a SSD. That should give him another 2-3 years!
Please no
They already did, but they could only afford a RAM-less QLC model with all the cash they're funneling to Trump.
Pack it in, he's done.
Please let him die in the Cincinnati metro area
This is what you get after years of just switching off the power instead of shutting down safely.
You people need to be more considerate of your elders. Cramps from gas pains can easily make someone freeze up. And we all know Senator Mitch McConnell is full of hot air and shit!
Probably my greatest fear is my mind going and shutting down like that. I wish him the best and hope he gets the support needed.
Considering this dude is the reason many will not be able to face a heath crisis with dignity, I hope this process is as undignified for him as possible. Fuck this guy. I hope he trips over his own bootstraps.
yep, this guy has never not been evil to the core. reading his bio makes me want to go watch mr rogers to restore my faith in humanity.
The only support this pussbag deserves is a set of pallbearers.
I wonder if he's going to run for
Snap out of it, Mitch!
Elon musk is controlling him remotely with his mind implant. Unfortunately the Bluetooth sometimes goes out.
I would love to hear an educated medical opinion on what could be happening. I suspected the first one was a stroke but since it happened twice I have no idea what could be going on.
A person is not limited to having just one stroke.
I wonder if there are blood clots from the concussion breaking loose. That would explain the similar symptoms across two strokes, though it depends on where the concussion was.
Neither educated nor medical, but the first one that was televised looked quite like an absence seizure, only a bit longer.
His staff for that one seemed to handle it fairly smoothly. Couldn't decide if their reactions indicated familiarity with such episodes happening to him, or just decades of media training to glide through the unexpected.
🤖 I'm a bot that provides automatic summaries for articles: ::: spoiler Click here to see the summary Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze again Wednesday, this time during a gaggle with reporters in Covington, Kentucky, stopping for more than 30 seconds after he was asked if he would run for re-election.
The Kentucky Republican froze in July at a news conference on Capitol Hill, going silent for 19 seconds before being escorted away from the cameras.
McConnell, 81, returned shortly afterward and continued his news conference, telling reporters, “I’m fine.”
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 spoke for about 20 minutes on Wednesday before the question-and-answer session with reporters.
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