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Sep 02 2023
News
Week in politics: Short-term spending measure; Mitch McConnell freezes again
NPR Fact Check
Feb 02 2015
News
Mitch McConnell’s way
It was vintage McConnell: Listen to the competing options Republicans lay out, see whether there’s consensus, keep your cards very close to your vest — then strike when allies and opponents alike are trying to figure out your next move.
Politico
Aug 31 2023
News
Mitch McConnell's latest freeze-up sheds light on a MUCH BIGGER issue
We talk a lot about politics on here, but when it comes to Sen. Mitch McConnell, politics need to be set aside. Back in July, McConnell froze mid-speech at a news conference, and unfortunately, it wasn’t a one-time incident. This past Wednesday in Covington, Kentucky, McConnell froze again when reporters asked him whether he was planning on running for re-election. Like him or not, the man
The Blaze
Aug 31 2023
News
Capitol Physician Clears Mitch McConnell After Second Freeze Before Cameras
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been medically cleared to continue his public schedule by the Congressional attending physician, according to a note released by his office. McConnell, 81, froze during a press conference while addressing a question of whether he would run for re-election in 2026, being unable to speak or move further, before being led away by his staff and Capitol
The Daily Caller
Aug 31 2023
News
Mitch McConnell freezes up again: Here are his recent health scares
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell froze at a press conference in Kentucky on Wednesday, the second time he has had a health scare before cameras in roughly a month. McConnell's office later sent a statement that the senator "felt momentarily lightheaded and paused during his press conference today." In July the 81-year-old Kentucky Republican, who is the longest-serving party leader in
The Courier-Journal
Aug 31 2023
News
Kentucky's Democratic Governor Wouldn't Say If He'd Replace Mitch McConnell With a Republican
After his second public freeze up in about five weeks, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) fitness for office is under renewed scrutiny. But his quest to stay in leadership—or the quest of those around him to keep him in leadership, as it may be—could actually stem from a potential threat by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D). Kentucky, until recently, was a state that allowed the
Jezebel
Aug 31 2023
News
Mitch McConnell’s Second Freeze-up Is Going to Be Very Hard for Republicans to Ignore
He stood there for more than thirty seconds—unable, apparently, to speak. Mitch McConnell, who has led Republicans with a kind of sinister shrewdness since 2007, had just frozen up while speaking publicly for the second time in a matter of weeks. “We’re gonna need a minute,” a concerned aide told reporters in Kentucky, where he had just spoken at a Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce event
Vanity Fair
Aug 31 2023
News
KY Dem Gov Wants Nothing to Do With This Scenario Involving Mitch McConnell
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had another medical episode in Covington, Kentucky. The aging Republican leader appeared to have lost his train of thought, staring into the abyss for at least 30 seconds before aides helped. The press had asked the Kentucky Republican if he planned to run for re-election in 2026.
This incident of mental paralysis is the second time McConnell froze at the
Townhall
Aug 30 2023
News
Republicans turn against Mitch McConnell after he freezes mid-question
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze up during a press conference in his home state of Kentucky Wednesday, raising new questions about his health after undergoing a similar episode a little more than one month ago. In a video posted by WLWT producer Hannah Thomas Wednesday, the 81-year-old suddenly appeared unable to speak after a question about his re-election prospects
Newsweek
Jul 30 2023
Opinion
A bad week for Mitch McConnell and Dianne Feinstein, leaders of Washington’s gerontocracy
This week should settle the question of whether California Sen. Dianne Feinstein gets so much attention for her age and mental acuity, or lack thereof, only because she’s a woman, after years in which the Senate club shielded its enfeebled men.
It was a bad week for the Senate’s gerontocracy, when both Feinstein, 90, and 81-year-old Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican
Los Angeles Times