McConnell freezes up during news conference, raising health concerns



A regular Senate ritual was interrupted today by 19 seconds of silence, quickly turning to concern for the health of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell who appeared to freeze up as he began a news conference. NBC News’ Garrett Haake has the latest updates.

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29 comments

  1. Appoint a successor assistant to the senior senators then set term limits with a runoff election at primary.

  2. Very sad. We will all get old someday ( God willing). I don’t agree with his politics but I still feel bad for him, he didn’t look well.

  3. What about the woman in Green?

  4. It’s time to hang it up. He needs to retire. Biden is close in his footsteps. These people’s families need to take better care of them. 😳

  5. Did they forget to charge him last night ??

  6. Amazing how Republicans keep harping on Biden’s age, but not a peep out of them on this tell tale incident, or the others when he fell.

  7. Classic sign of stroke especially if you have mild stroke before. I hope he got check immediately. This is very dangerous esp if you're tired, stressed-out plus there's too much noise and hot temp. There's already minor damage to his brain. He needs to get rest ASAP!

  8. Who keeps voting this do-nothing-for- the-people back in time and time again? He's a failure

  9. Answered questions after he returned? From where!!! KRAMA ATTACK!

  10. His colon probably departed from his interior. He looked like my 12 year old german shepherd that looks straight ahead in deep concentration when he is leaving behind some dung.

  11. Before I read the comments I can guess most say we need term limits. If so even if not, we need term limits for all three branches of government and age limits as well. He is not well enough for the job now.

  12. Imagine how ballistic Ronny Jackson (and, of course, Fox News) would go if Biden had an incident like this.

  13. if someone has to walk this geriatric person to a chair, how can anyone think this person is fit to make ANY decisions AT ALL about ANYTHING

  14. This criminal old geezer needs to be in jail. Never mind resigning from the office.

  15. He might suffer a TIA/stroke.

  16. He’s good enough to steal another Supreme Court Seat.

  17. Get these seniors out of office and into a home. Fresh blood for office on both sides

  18. Anyone notice the lady in green tap his elbow then he stops talking.. bizarre

  19. That's one sick turtle. And a SHELL of a man!😊

  20. Ive been America Target since my birth you communist government i know Donald Trump hated that Jenna Valentino divorced him when i was 4 yrs old she keep having black babies

  21. Its Hiroshima time for America

  22. Its time for term limits and compulsory retirement age for anyone working for any branch of government be it Municipal, City, County, State or Federal. The American people are cheated by having individuals be re-elected over and over and practically spit on their constituents. McConnell benefits from a extreme generous medical plan, yet he voted against its own constituents from having an affordable medical plan. How long can Americans tolerate these self-interest people?

  23. TIA perhaps ? Mitch knows that America is going down. Communist Mitch and Joe need to go. Quickly.

  24. Joe Bindon getting older too .

  25. 😂😂😂😂😂

  26. So many need to retire. Why nothing get done same old ideas from old white men's. For what he did to Obama, he getting what he deserve. Carma…

  27. Mitch McConnell is in the first stages of Dementia. This will continue happening till someone close to Mitch says enough is enough.