{"id":1983560,"date":"2023-07-26T19:06:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T23:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-mitch-mcconnell-freezes-mid-sentence-during-press-conference-appears-very-unwell\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T19:07:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T23:07:03","slug":"watch-mitch-mcconnell-freezes-mid-sentence-during-press-conference-appears-very-unwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-mitch-mcconnell-freezes-mid-sentence-during-press-conference-appears-very-unwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch McConnell freezes, looks unwell during press conference."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-mitch-mcconnell-freezes-mid-sentence-during-press-conference-appears-very-unwell%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1983560&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Watch: Mitch \u2063McConnell Freezes\u200b Mid-Sentence During\u2062 Press Conference, Appears Very Unwell<\/h2>\n<p>Senate \u200cMinority Leader Mitch McConnell suddenly stopped speaking mid-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-circuit-breaker-on-election-night\/\" title=\"The question looms: just how does it come to be that three quarters of Republican and nearly one third of Democrat voters all believe that the election was stolen from Trump?\">sentence<\/a> during his weekly Republican leadership news \u2063conference from Capitol Hill on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He was then escorted away from the microphone, but\u2063 later returned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re\u2062 on a \u200dpath\u2064 to finishing \u2063the <strong>National Defense Authorization Act<\/strong>,\u201d McConnell said in opening his \u200dremarks. \u201cThis week \u2064has\u200d been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-mitch-mcconnell-freezes-mid-sentence-during-press-conference-appears-very-unwell\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell freezes, looks unwell during press conference.\">good\u200c bipartisan cooperation<\/a> and \u200ca string of a\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-nadler-call-flynn-pardon-abuse-of-power\/\" title=\"Schiff, Nadler Call Flynn Pardon 'Abuse of Power'\">minority leader<\/a> did not complete his sentence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/extent-mitch-mcconnells-injuries-revealed-expected-remain-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McConnell<\/a>, \u200b81, then appeared \u200dunstable on \u2063his\u200b feet, prompting\u2064 Sen. Joni \u2063Ernst of Iowa to reach out and place her hand on his back.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Barrasso of\u200c Wyoming then stepped forward to McConnell and asked, \u201cIs there anything else you want to say \u2062or should you\u2064 just go back to your office?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He mouthed, \u201cNo\u201d \u2063and\u2063 walked \u2064away from the podium.<\/p>\n<p>Later, McConnell returned to the news \u200bconference.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UPDATE: McConnell is\u2062 back at the presser. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hrAdKXpAVX\">pic.twitter.com\/hrAdKXpAVX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frankthorp\/status\/1684262849361608784?\">July 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A reporter asked \u200dhim,\u200b \u201cCould \u2063you\u2064 address what happened here\u200d at the start of the press conference and was it related to your injury from earlier\u200d this year where you suffered a \u200bconcussion?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m fine,\u201d McConnell answered with a weak voice.<\/p>\n<p>The reporter followed up, \u201cYou\u2019re fully able to do your job?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah,\u201d \u2064the Kentucky\u200c senator said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Q: \u201cCould you address what \u200chappened here at the \u200bstart \u2063of the press conference and was it related \u200cto your injury from \u200cearlier this year where you \u2063suffered \u2064a concussion?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. McConnell: \u201cI\u2019m fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Q: \u201cYou\u2019re fine? You\u2019re fully able to\u200b do your job?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McConnell: \u201cYeah.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Can1RtzqmM\">pic.twitter.com\/Can1RtzqmM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1684269371898707969?\">July 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/watch-mitch-mcconnell-freeze-press-conference-rcna96486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> reported that McConnell was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mcconnell-released-hospital-headed-rehab-injuries-worse-initially-thought\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> from a rehabilitation facility in late March where he had been for more than a week following a fall that resulted in him\u200d suffering a concussion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Republican leader tripped\u2064 and fell on March\u200d 8 after \u2062an event\u2064 for the Senate Leadership Fund \u2014 a Republican \u2062super PAC aligned with McConnell and GOP leadership \u2014 at the Waldorf Astoria \u2062in Washington,\u201d the\u2063 news outlet said.<\/p>\n<p>He was discharged \u2064on March 13.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/01\/03\/mitch-mcconnell-senate-longest-serving-leader-00076161#:~:text=The%20chamber's%20minority%20leader%20officially,of%20the%20new%20Congress%20Tuesday.&#038;text=Mitch%20McConnell%20officially%20broke%20the,serving%20Senate%20leader%20on%20Tuesday.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> \u200creported in\u200b January that McConnell broke the record for the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-wins-gop-senate-leadership-election-fends-off-challenge-from-rick-scott\/\" title=\"McConnell Wins GOP Senate Leadership Election, Fends Off Challenge From Rick Scott\">longest-serving party leader<\/a> in the Senate, topping former Sen. Mike\u2062 Mansfield of Montana, who was \u200dthe\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">majority leader<\/a> for 16 years.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-mitch-mcconnell-freezes-mid-sentence-press-conference-appears-unwell\/\">Watch:\u2063 Mitch\u200b McConnell Freezes Mid-Sentence During Press Conference, Appears Very Unwell<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell abruptly halted his speech during the Republican leadership news conference on Capitol Hill. He was escorted away from the microphone but later resumed, expressing optimism about bipartisan collaboration in completing the National Defense Authorization Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":1983562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1983560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1983560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1983562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1983560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1983560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1983560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}