Mitch McConnell Says He’s ‘Fine’ After Freezing In The Middle Of A Press Conference: Watch

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Senator Mitch McConnell said that helium was feeling okay, aft helium froze up successful the mediate of a property league connected Wednesday, July 26. The Republican politician from Kentucky returned to the podium wherever helium was making his speech, aft being escorted away, and helium told reporters that helium was “fine.”

After taking a fewer minutes away, a CNN newsman asked the 81-year-old legislator if the extended and unexpected intermission had to bash with his autumn backmost successful March. McConnell responded, “No, I’m fine,” according to CNN. An adjutant for McConnell aboriginal explained that helium “felt lightheaded and stepped distant for a moment,” to the quality network. “He came backmost to grip Q and A, which arsenic everyone observed was sharp,” they said.

McConnell returned to the property league and took much questions aft a fewer minutes. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/Shutterstock)

In the video, which you tin spot here, McConnell appeared to beryllium mid-sentence erstwhile helium stopped talking retired of nowhere. After helium had frozen up for astir 20 seconds, chap Republican Senators Joni Ernst (IA) and Jon Barasso (WY) approached him to check if helium was okay. “Hey Mitch, thing other you privation to say? Or should we conscionable spell backmost to your office? Do you privation to accidental thing other to the press?” Barasso could beryllium heard saying to him arsenic helium walked away. As McConnell walked away, Ernst reportedly made the motion of the transverse connected herself.

The freeze-up comes astir 4 months aft McConnell suffered a concussion aft falling astatine a Washington D.C. edifice connected March 8. The Kentucky legislator spent a fewer days successful the infirmary for treatment, earlier helium was discharged connected March 13. He underwent immoderate rehab attraction pursuing the fall. The Republican completed rehab connected March 25 and returned to the Senate successful mid-April. As helium made his return, helium made a gag astir his autumn and return. “It’s bully to beryllium back,” helium said, per ABC News. “Suffice to say, this wasn’t the archetypal clip being hard-headed has served maine precise well.”

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