McConnell appears to freeze while speaking with reporters in Kentucky

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze for about 30 seconds on Wednesday while speaking with reporters after a speech in Covington, Kentucky.

The incident is similar to an episode McConnell experienced at the US Capitol late last month and is likely to raise additional questions about the fitness of the 81-year-old to lead the Senate Republican caucus.

Wednesday’s episode occurred when a reporter asked the Republican leader if he was planning to run for reelection in 2026. McConnell had to ask him to repeat the question several times, chuckled for a moment, and then paused.

Someone at his side then asked him, “Did you hear the question, senator, running for reelection in 2026?” McConnell did not respond.

Article includes video of the incident.

Wussy,

Glitch McConnell is at it again!

TokenBoomer,

That made me laugh, thanks

Gradually_Adjusting,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

The mummy’s curse will never release him

Fapper_McFapper,

But, but he is the mummy.

snooggums,
snooggums avatar

That's why it is his curse!

afraid_of_zombies,

Satan keeps sending him back. He doesn’t want him either. Also he feels he has done his part by taking Pat Robertson a few months ago.

Gradually_Adjusting,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

Tough noogies. If Satan doesn’t like the gig then he knows what he’s got to do about that touchy asshole boss of his. Tell him to take the necrotizing turkey neck or else.

Aarrodri,

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/6f097e8f-5928-441c-b3e5-fe43232a23e1.jpeg

EmpathicVagrant,

No fair he’s looked like that for 20 years

SocialMediaRefugee,

It was just a glitch. He temporarily ran out of CPU cycles.

BurnedDonutHole,

This is what I don’t get about USA. So called freedom country granting lifelong held positions to people. Supreme court, senate whatever it’s there that are giving people lifelong until their deaths positions and talk about free elections and stuff. I might be wrong so please correct me but why do you have so many people like him holding their places until they die or retir because of old age? How is it a democracy when there is a monarchy in place by election?

SocialMediaRefugee,

People vote for him because they give their district/state seniority. When he is gone Kentucky goes back to the bottom of the queue.

SpacetimeMachine,

He isn’t in a lifelong position. The only position one holds for life is the supreme court. He’s a senator, they have their position for 6 years. It just so happens that his state always re-elects him (for some stupid fucking reason, not like he’s ever actually helped the people from his state.)

BurnedDonutHole,

There should be a limit like the presidential election. 2 terms and you’re out. So called re-election is what gives these living mummies the infinite political powers.

Jackolantern,

What’s happening to him?

anon_8675309,

His deal with the devil is expiring.

CharlesDarwin,
@CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world avatar

This does not sound good. I wonder who the cons will end up replacing him with? He is not and was never great; but given their trend, they are bound to find someone even worse.

ilmagico,

He was great at obstructing democrats, on everything but especially their supreme court nominees, and expediting the confirmation of their own, resulting in a partisan, conservative-aligned supreme court that does whatever they tell them, laws and constitution be damned.

In this, he was extremely successful and that’s why his people keep voting for him.

JargonWagon,

Maybe he just went to a Death Grips concert!

In all seriousness, the loudest concert I went to was seeing the Local Natives at Coachella. Everything was fine, but they kept asking the sound technician to turn their instruments up. It was deafening. Wear earplugs when going to concerts, especially if you’re close to the front.

tallwookie,
@tallwookie@lemmy.world avatar

that’s a stroke

Okkai,

It’s a partial/focal seizure. I have those :(

Clown_Tempura,

Last comment was deleted so it bears repeating: Taking the “high road” gets no one anywhere. And I for one am happy he is publicly losing his dignity, when he has gleefully played a major role in robbing others of theirs.

Dangy,

Deleted by who?

davidboring,

I hope he dies :)

Space_Jamke,

And replace him with a younger wingnut? Tbh I want him to live simply because the two dozen people who didn’t vote for Mitch to keep assfucking the state suffer less when he’s got lag issues over him turning over to a new cretin.

Clown_Tempura,

You’re in luck, we probably won’t have to wait long.

MyFairJulia,
@MyFairJulia@lemmy.world avatar

Hello, republican department, have you tried turning him off and on again?

Leviathan,

This man’s having seizures or strokes live on camera and no one’s doing anything about this.

Gnubyte,

I want to take a camera and microphone to a voting booth building and ask people “hey did you vote for a man over 70 years old today”

Just because it’s like encountering a bad show on live TV and skipping over it or a commercial and saying “damn that’s dumb who is buying this?!” And never finding out. The best eye opener is meeting people who you didn’t think actually existed.

MrSilkworm,

I don’t think it’s a seizure. He probably pooped himself and realises that he smells like a piece of shit.

/s

Xella,

People often poop themselves during seizures 😹

over_clox,

Good. Now reporters and camera-people know what to be on the lookout for. 💩

meldroc,

A mini-stroke, perhaps?

TALL421,

Oh that’s weird, he’s always talked like one too

Murais,
@Murais@lemmy.one avatar

Last comment was deleted, so I guess I’ll repost it with edits.

Couldn’t happen to a nicer piece of shit.

Lot of folks trying to take the high road here out of compassion.

This guy single-handedly fucked democracy sideways for at least a generation. The reverberations of his Supreme Court shenanigans are going to be responsible for the deaths of thousands.

I hope he spends the rest of his days confused and shitting himself.

Dangy,

Why are comments being deleted?

Boi,

It looks like he’s having a mini stroke.

jenniebuckley,
@jenniebuckley@lemmy.world avatar

whatever is happening to him, I hope it’s causing him extreme discomfort. it’s the very least he deserves after all the shitty, life ruining ideas and policies he’s endorsed

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