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Sep 07 2023
Opinion
Mitch McConnell is not OK
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., froze again. This time it was during a news conference Wednesday in Covington, Kentucky. For 30 seconds, he stood silently at the lectern after he was asked whether he intended to run for re-election in 2026. It was the second time in a month that McConnell has been rendered mute and motionless in the middle of answering questions from the media
MSNBC
Sep 07 2023
Opinion
Mitch McConnell Needs to Step Aside
Mitch McConnell is truly a legend of the U.S. Senate. He’s been one of the most effective leaders in memory, he deeply understands and cares about the institution, and he’s had an outsized influence on his party for decades now.
As of the beginning of this Congress, McConnell set the record for the longest-serving party leader in the history of the Senate. (To mark the occasion, he gave
National Review (News)
Sep 01 2023
News
Jumping To Conclusions About Mitch McConnell
Dianne Feinstein, John Fetterman, Joe Biden, and Mitch McConnell all have one thing in common. Lots of people are calling for their retirement due to “mental disability.” Senators Feinstein and Fetterman have obvious mental problems that simply cannot be brushed away. Joe Biden’s mental “fade” isn’t quite so blatant, but when we get to Cocaine Mitch, it seems that the only exercise many
American Thinker
Sep 06 2023
News
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
HuffPost
Sep 02 2023
News
Mike Thompson: Sen. Mitch McConnell's health
After experiencing his second health episode in public in recent weeks, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been cleared for work by his doctors. I'm glad nothing was seriously wrong with Kentucky's senior senator. I wish him good health and hope his health concerns are behind him. Still, the secrecy around McConnell's recent health scares concern me. Both he and his staff have
Star Tribune
Aug 31 2023
News
Republicans Are Starting to Call on Mitch McConnell to Resign
Republicans are over Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) public lapses in functionin g. On Wednesday, the senator froze at a press conference, unable to speak, for more than 20 seconds as his aides attempted to prompt him to answer. A nd that’s the second time in five weeks this has happened in the middle of a press conference, which suggests it’s happening a lot more than the
Jezebel
Sep 07 2023
Perspectives Blog
Can Mitch McConnell Still Lead Senate Republicans?
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is facing calls to step down from his leadership position over concerns about his health.
For Context: During a press conference last week, McConnell froze while speaking with reporters, appearing unresponsive for roughly twenty
AllSides Staff
Aug 30 2023
Opinion
Mitch McConnell’s Second ‘Freeze’ Moment Will Be Hard to Ignore
For the second time in about a month, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell froze up when speaking to reporters. This time, it was much worse.
During a Wednesday press conference, McConnell was asked about running for reelection, and completely froze. An aide tried to repeat the question to him, but he couldn’t respond and merely had a blank stare, at which point the aide said, “I’m
Philip Klein
Jul 28 2023
News
What REALLY happened to Mitch McConnell
Right in the middle of a speech, in mid-sentence, Mitch McConnell abruptly stopped talking and became stiff and lifeless. There was speculation that he suffered a stroke or some kind of seizure. Later, McConnell was asked what he believed had happened to him, and he didn’t answer! (He simply said “I’m fine.”) So, what is he trying to hide? Just seconds before McConnell’s sudden freeze, he used
Daily Kos
Sep 07 2023
News
Mitch McConnell's Appearance Has Dramatically Changed in One Year
Concerns have been being raised about the apparent weight loss of Mitch McConnell after the Senate Minority Leader returned to the Capitol for the first time since a recent incident in which he appeared to freeze up.
McConnell, 81, appeared on the Senate floor Tuesday following the August recess to give an update on the work being done in the upper chamber, while also making a brief
Newsweek