{"id":2017862,"date":"2023-08-31T09:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-doctors-have-an-idea-about-what-could-be-causing-mitch-mcconnell-to-freeze-up\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T09:32:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:32:09","slug":"two-doctors-have-an-idea-about-what-could-be-causing-mitch-mcconnell-to-freeze-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-doctors-have-an-idea-about-what-could-be-causing-mitch-mcconnell-to-freeze-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Two doctors theorize the cause of Mitch McConnell&#8217;s freezing."},"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\">18<\/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%2Ftwo-doctors-have-an-idea-about-what-could-be-causing-mitch-mcconnell-to-freeze-up%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=2017862&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>Is this\u200c why \u2064Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is\u200d freezing\u2064 up in the middle of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spasmodic-dysphonia-what-rfk-jr-s-voice-condition-means-for-his-campaign\/\" title=\"RFK Jr.'s campaign impacted by spasmodic dysphonia.\">public \u200cappearances<\/a>?<\/h2>\n<p>Two\u2063 different doctors advanced\u2062 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-kristi-noem-pushes-south-dakota-universities-to-ban-biden-backed-critical-race-theory\/\" title=\"Gov. Kristi Noem Pushes South Dakota Universities To Ban Biden-Backed Critical Race Theory\">similar theory<\/a> as \u2063to \u2064why \u200dMcConnell has suddenly become silent and unresponsive during two different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-comms-team-gets-a-pass-where-trump-administration-would-have-had-a-scandal\/\" title=\"Biden Comms Team Gets A Pass Where Trump Administration Would Have Had A Scandal\">news conferences<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Marc Siegel, a physician affiliated with New York University\u2019s Langone\u2062 Medical \u200dCenter suggested on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6336160729112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox\u2064 News<\/a> that the Republican \u2062Senate leader was\u200b suffering from Parkinson\u2019s disease in \u200ba Wednesday interview.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to tell you, \u200dat the \u200btop of that\u200b list, and again I\u200b haven\u2019t examined him and I don\u2019t have any background on this \u2014 except I<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-cheers-as-homeless-group-seizes-hotel-near-tacoma-city-leaders-negotiating-with-group-as-police-refuse-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Far Left Cheers As Homeless Group Seizes Hotel Near Tacoma; City Leaders Negotiating With Group As Police Refuse To Intervene\">\u2019ve talked<\/a> to some people in Congress and in the Senate \u2014 would \u200cbe \u200bParkinson\u2019s disease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat,\u2063 in its\u2064 later stages, can give\u2062 you\u200d a\u2064 freeze,\u201d\u2062 Siegel said of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mcconnell-appears-suffer-another-scary-health-episode-camera-keeps-rolling-aides-step\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McConnell\u2019s<\/a> \u200b behavior, \u200dpointing out that \u200dthe senator\u2019s staffers hadn\u2019t reacted with alarm bells.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell became unresponsive and\u2064 frozen for\u2064 the second time in two months when speaking at a public function in\u2062 Covington, \u2062Kentucky on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING NEWS:\u200d Sen.\u200d Mitch McConnell appearing to have another scary episode in\u2064 the media gaggle in\u200c Covington today. Aides had \u200cto step in to help him out \u200cand \u2064repeat \u200cquestions. He\u200d was\u200d eventually lead \u200baway. We\u2019ll\u200b have the full video\u2062 on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WLWT?\">@WLWT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q9ex5MHxLV\">pic.twitter.com\/q9ex5MHxLV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hannah Thomas\u2063 (@HannahPThomas) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HannahPThomas\/status\/1696936240040321474?\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The event followed an\u2064 incident \u200cin which McConnell became <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-mitch-mcconnell-freezes-mid-sentence-press-conference-appears-unwell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similarly unresponsive<\/a> in the\u2062 halls\u2063 of \u2064the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta had \u2062a \u2064similar theory \u200dfor McConnell\u2019s difficulties\u2063 in\u200c a\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/health\/2023\/08\/30\/mitch-mcconnell-freezing-during-news-conference-sanjay-gupta-lead-vpx.cnn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> interview, though he left open\u200c a\u200b range of different possibilities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s\u2064 a lot \u200cof \u2063things that can\u200b sort of come to mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gupta also pointed \u200bout that McConnell\u2019s aides hadn\u2019t reacted with surprise, suggesting that the problems were\u2064 \u201congoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone who has \u2064a Parkinsonian-like condition, for example, whose \u2063medications are wearing off, or something \u200dlike\u2064 that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s something that \u2063could sort of explain this behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parkinson\u2019s disease is a serious \u2063degenerative disease in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-doctors-have-an-idea-about-what-could-be-causing-mitch-mcconnell-to-freeze-up\/\" title=\"Two doctors theorize the cause of Mitch McConnell's freezing.\">patients lose control<\/a> over their nervous \u2062system, according to \u2062the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/parkinsons-disease\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20376055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayo Clinic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A McConnell spokesperson has indicated that the 81-year old senator merely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-says-get-touch-mcconnell-freezing-episode-bizarrely-deflects-re-election-question\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">felt lightheaded<\/a>, although he\u2062 planned on consulting with\u200b a physician following the incident.<\/p>\n<h3>Read More: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/two-doctors-idea-causing-mitch-mcconnell-freeze\/\">Two Doctors Have an Idea About What Could Be Causing Mitch McConnell to Freeze Up<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The post appeared first\u2062 on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell&#8217;s sudden silence and unresponsiveness during public appearances due to this reason? Two doctors, including Dr. Marc Siegel from NYU&#8217;s Langone Medical Center, have put forth a similar theory regarding McConnell&#8217;s behavior during separate news conferences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":2017863,"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-2017862","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\/2017862","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\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2017862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2017863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}