Mitch McConnell Inexplicably Freezes at Podium Again: Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) inexplicably froze during a press gaggle on Wednesday in Covington, Kentucky, just over a month after a similar incident at the U.S. Capitol. When asked if he would seek reelection in 2026, McConnell briefly laughed before mumbling something inaudible and gazing into the distance with a frozen posture and unblinking eyes for an extended time, according to WLWT’s video. The incident comes after McConnell inexplicably froze for some 20 seconds during a press conference at the Capitol late last month. The incident also follows a report from Politico’s Jonathan Martin, in which he wrote in the first person, “as somebody who’s covered McConnell for years, it’s jarring to see his decline.” He noted that in non-attributable conversations on Capitol Hill over the summer, a major theme that reoccurred was “how much McConnell has aged.”
