VIDEO: 81-year-old Senator Mitch McConnell ‘locks up’ for 30-seconds during news conference

By Joe Kelley

July 26, 2023 at 4:20 pm EDT

Mitch McConnell Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) reaches out to help Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) after McConnell froze and stopped talking at the microphones during a news conference after a lunch meeting with Senate Republicans U.S. Capitol 26, 2023 in Washington, DC. Also pictured, L-R, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA). McConnell was escorted back to his office and later returned to the news conference and answered questions. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

By Joe Kelley

July 26, 2023 at 4:20 pm EDT

Republican Senator Mitch McConnell started a news conference Wednesday, but within seconds, the senator seemingly got lost in his thoughts and words and eventually had to be escorted away from the microphone by fellow GOP Senators.

Mitch McConnell begins presser then suddenly stops for 20 seconds and appears to be unable to continue speaking, before being escorted away by Republicans
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