{"id":5313,"date":"2023-08-31T04:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T04:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5313"},"modified":"2023-08-31T04:13:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T04:13:53","slug":"mitch-mcconnell-freezes-during-news-conference-for-2nd-time-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=5313","title":{"rendered":"Mitch McConnell Freezes During News Conference for 2nd Time This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/mcconnell-freezes-during-news-conference-for-second-time-this-summer\/\">https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/mcconnell-freezes-during-news-conference-for-second-time-this-summer\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpe_imgrss\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/60b1761e36a65.image_.jpg\" alt=\"Mitch McConnell Freezes\" title=\"Mitch McConnell Freezes\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., raised fresh concerns Wednesday when he froze during a news conference, the second time he has done so this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">McConnell, 81, appeared to struggle to hear a question from a reporter about running for reelection during a news conference in Covington, Kentucky. After the question was repeated, McConnell gave a small chuckle and then froze, looking straight ahead. An aide then stepped in and repeated the question loudly in McConnell\u2019s ear. McConnell continued to stare ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The aide then told the gathering of reporters they would need a minute. After a pause, McConnell took another question about Kentucky\u2019s attorney general, Daniel Cameron, a Republican who is running for governor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">McConnell said he thought the governor\u2019s race would be close but spoke quietly through the response before being led away from the cameras.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It was the second such incident this summer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On July 26, in the middle of his remarks to the media, McConnell\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_5e091c58-2bf9-11ee-837c-23343742d7b9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>stared ahead and stopped talking<\/strong><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. After an awkward pause, fellow lawmakers ushered him to his office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After that incident, McConnell returned to answer questions, telling reporters he was \u201cfine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">McConnell suffered a fall and ensuing concussion and broken rib earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Brett Rowland<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_5633b0e6-4766-11ee-9271-a77e6664577d.html?a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Go to Source<\/a><br \/>\nReposted with permission<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/mcconnell-freezes-during-news-conference-for-second-time-this-summer\/ Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., raised fresh concerns&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":5315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wi-right-now"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5313"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5317,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5313\/revisions\/5317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}