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.
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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)