{"id":2016846,"date":"2023-08-30T14:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T18:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-freezes-and-struggles-to-speak-in-second-incident-this-summer\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T15:32:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T19:32:19","slug":"mitch-mcconnell-freezes-and-struggles-to-speak-in-second-incident-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-freezes-and-struggles-to-speak-in-second-incident-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitch McConnell stumbles in speech for second time this summer."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fmitch-mcconnell-freezes-and-struggles-to-speak-in-second-incident-this-summer%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=2016846&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>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell&#8217;s Press Conference Raises Concerns<\/h2>\n<p>During a <a title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\">press conference<\/a> in\u200b Kentucky on Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) faced a moment of uncertainty that <a title=\"Mitch McConnell stumbles in speech for second time this summer.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnell-freezes-and-struggles-to-speak-in-second-incident-this-summer\/\">left observers puzzled<\/a>. When asked about his plans for reelection, McConnell appeared \u200bto struggle with his response, freezing up for about 30 seconds. This incident marks the second \u200dtime this summer that McConnell has \u2064encountered such difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>After the prolonged \u2064pause, McConnell\u200c regained\u200b his composure and managed to answer\u200c a\u200b couple of additional questions. Aides stepped in to \u2063repeat the reporters&#8217; inquiries, providing some assistance. Eventually, they led him away from the press conference.<\/p>\n<h3>McConnell&#8217;s Ability to Govern Questioned<\/h3>\n<p>This <a title=\"Yellen \u2018eager\u2019 to work with China on debt, other global challenges\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yellen-eager-to-work-with-china-on-debt-other-global-challenges\/\">press\u200b conference<\/a> followed a lengthy speech \u200cMcConnell delivered at the Northern\u200d Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Government Forum, where he fielded questions without any issues. However, the recent incident has\u200b <a title=\"WATCH: Jim Jordan Gives Ultimatum On The Upcoming Electoral College Showdown (VIDEO)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jim-jordan-gives-ultimatum-on-the-upcoming-electoral-college-showdown-video\/\">raised concerns<\/a>\u2064 about his ability to effectively govern.<\/p>\n<p>As of\u200b now, McConnell&#8217;s office has not responded to requests for comment regarding the press \u200dconference incident.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting \u2063that in late July, McConnell was escorted away from Senate Republicans&#8217; weekly press\u200d conference due to similar difficulties in \u200dspeaking. At that time, he declined to\u200d address his\u200d absence, simply stating that he \u200cfelt &#8220;fine.&#8221; An aide later revealed to the Washington Examiner that McConnell had become &#8220;lightheaded.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McConnell, who is\u2064 81 \u2064years old, had previously \u200dbeen hospitalized this year after suffering a\u200c fall that required him to undergo physical therapy. The incident resulted in a concussion and\u2063 a <a title=\"Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Discharged From Hospital\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-minority-leader-mitch-mcconnell-discharged-from-hospital\/\">minor rib fracture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read more from the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) struggled to speak during a Kentucky press conference, freezing for around 30 seconds when questioned about his reelection plans. This marks the second time this summer that McConnell has experienced such a pause. Eventually, he regained composure and briefly responded to two inquiries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2016847,"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":"Mitch McConnell stumbles in speech for second time this summer.","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Mitch McConnell stumbles in speech for second time this summer.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016846","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2016846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}