Mitch McConnell Says He's Not Going Anywhere

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was defiant on Wednesday, brushing off calls for him to step down as leader of his conference after he froze in front of reporters last week.

“I’m going to finish my term as leader and I’m going to finish my Senate term,” McConnell said at a packed weekly press conference on Capitol Hill.

McConnell offered no new details about his health condition and declined to say exactly what had afflicted him. He said he had “nothing to add” to a letter from the U.S. Capitol attending physician that cleared him to resume his duties in the upper chamber.