Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell freezes during remarks to reporters

The Kentucky senator stopped speaking for about 20 seconds during a press event at the US Capitol.
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He was ushered away from the podium but later returned to the press conference and answered questions. McConnell, 81, was out of the Senate for almost six weeks earlier this year after falling and hitting his head. His office later said he suffered a concussion and fractured a rib.
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[@edwardgaines6561]

0:18 When you've actually been dead for 10 years and the Necromancer, who is keeping you alive, loses focus for a second.

[@Pc.customwrapz]

😅😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ToyTiger666]

Nasty but true! 😆 🤣 Well said, Mr. Peppermint Patty.

[@ToyTiger666]

Actually, it was 19 seconds while the Necromancer was fumbling for his beer bottle opener.

[@the.shotgun.approach]

lol

[@unfinest]

HAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!

[@davefruitcake6535]

Obviously the next chapter of his career should be the presidency

[@FormidableOne]

😂

[@sameaster5150]

obviously

[@TrackerRoo]

I can picture it now, the hearse rolling up to the White House. Staff members propping up his casket behind a desk in the Oval Office. A move so bold it'll throw Putin off completely

[@senor2930]

Biden vs McConnell Alzheimer's championship

[@hannahcallow6374]

​@@senor2930Biden vs McConnell Alzheimer's championship

[@Michaelengelmann]

Get all these old people OUT! WE NEED TERM LIMITS!

[@ZIMsar10]

The US is one of the very countries in the World, to have Grumpy OLD Men as President or Former Presidents. Not to mention MANY OLD Senators. Looking at you, McConnell Skeletor. 😅😅😅

[@kordei-7839]

There really should be a limit. Senile old people cannot be running the country 😂

[@jodidavis6595]

Sick of this. Him and the president are way too old and are criminal politicians

[@public.public]

casual ageism much?

[@B_Bodziak]

Voters can determine term limits. Age limits, especially for 6 year and lifetime terms may need looking into. It's rare to find someone over 80yo with enough mental acuity to do such high stress jobs that require a lot going on at once. If you're going to turn 80 and still have 12+ months left in your term, it should be a disqualifier. Not all 78yo are like Bernie

[@christopherdiamond495]

Anyone else think Congress should have term limits and a mandatory retirement age of 65?

[@AntPDC]

And the presidency?

[@lionelbutler6541]

Agree

[@mikelopez9071]

No, I think we should have even older and more decrepit politicians leading the free world. Who could be better for our future than someone who might not live to see tomorrow right?

[@tanyaosterman]

65?! I wonder what Ben Franklin would have had to say about that.

[@Tokoroegao]

Even 70 would be a huge improvement.

[@meowtotheworld4801]

Time to retire. He's already done enough damage to the country.

[@OatmealPancake-ej8ky]

Yep! 100%

[@mikelopez9071]

Nonsense! He should take this country to the grave with him! We should have him advocate for war with Iran/China/north Korea/Russia/ what ever foreign boogeyman the conservative party has pulled out of their hat this week!

[@joejohnson6210]

Facts!!! Can you name a few though? Real quick? I’ll wait.

[@MrDmadness]

​@@joejohnson6210infrastructure bills crusjed though required, voted to go to war in every preposed.conflict voted against roe.vs.wade, voted agaunst vetrans spending to help post conflict, voted against lowering medical costs and prescription costs. Gutted enviormental protections . Its the short list..

[@tasha6151]

​@@joejohnson6210Did you get your facts, Joe? Not that your ilk is really interested in facts

[@Kratos-005]

Mitch should either be retired or in a care home. He has no business being in frontline politics at the age of 81.

[@MadeleineTakam]

Half the Senate and the House of Representatives are either senile or mentally deranged. Mitch McConnell looks spot on with this performance, to be the next nomination for president.

[@eddieortiz4276]

Term limits for all

[@Pc.customwrapz]

Just think, Brandon's right with him!

[@geography_joe]

Our president is also 81 ☠️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@bigt8856]

Yes revive, reduce and remove all old mfz like him

[@AM-mr8or]

Mitch saw the Grim Reaper in the front row...

[@nastropc]

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

[@tomwithey711]

Or just off?

[@Dil_Moran]

@@tomwithey711 Woman in green did

[@joerunser2150]

It's an ID10T problem.

[@shirleyanderson8441]

now that's funny.

[@lucassanchez9120]

Nice!!

[@niallrunswick938]

A sudden moment of realisation at the devastation he's caused.

[@redlightmax]

0:16 Mitch McConnell's brain: I could've caused so much more devastation.🫠

[@renderizer01]

Nah. It's more that in those twenty seconds before his eyes flashed all the missed opportunities in which he could have caused even more devastation. That realisation had him dumbfounded with regret.

[@nicholasgarnett1767]

Well yeah right ? What else could it be ?

[@will2217]

😆

[@qm1656]

No chance lol

[@Pyjamarama11]

With people like this at the helm, I can see why our world is in such rude health

[@NiqScott]

You realise "rude health" means "healthy", right? I assume you were being ironic, but it's difficult to tell these days.

[@Pyjamarama11]

@@NiqScott yes It was me being ironic

[@Tams729]

😂😂 I've not long returned from the US. Cannot believe the absolute state of LA and San Francisco. It is little wonder seeing as the country is run by senile old age pensioners.

[@buzzboy1287]

lol

[@tanker2400]

@@buzzboy1287 ahaha

[@freethinker9494]

He's living proof that we need term limits and competency tests. The only people who think otherwise are politicians.

[@nancymcmonarch]

I disagree. Term limits would have cut short the stellar careers of Senators Kennedy, Leahy, Byrd, and so forth. And if McConnell were forced out, Kentucky would only send in a younger Republican, with a bigger mouth, more capable of fouling up the country. Drool on, Mitch!

[@thereptiofgod7888]

And politicians are way off the term limit and competency test actually needed so here's the vicious circle a lot of countries are in

[@riplixx6577]

Bro lost connection to the server 💀

[@user-nk1wr4hw9p]

“Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.” - Plautus

[@Kevin_Kennelly]

If that happened to either of us, we would be afraid long after the incident. I am so glad that he lives in fear.

[@willowsloughdx]

You can see his eyes moving up and down as he searches for the "wake" button

[@chanbara8683]

He forgot he wasnt on his console of choice

[@kenmichielsen1642]

Best speech he ever gave!

[@alanw2687]

It certainly caught my attention more than any of his other speeches

[@martinheretics2645]

🤠

[@benjamin48th]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@carlosclara4759]

Mitch shows how to become a mummy in 20 seconds.

[@ToyTiger666]

Instant mummification or, as Gore Vidal put it, a triumph of the embalmer's art.

[@1833201078]

Right when that strange woman touches him for no reason. Watch in slow mo.

[@d3nza482]

He's just going into brumation. Perfectly normal procedure for turtles. They slow down, cool off and breathe through their butts. Washington is cooking this year, they probably had the air-conditioning too high, sending Mitch into brumation.

[@yatesy117]

Term limits......please

[@MaxChipz]

The beginning of the end. Delicious.

[@DownUnderDigitals]

When Mitch talks he sounds like he has brain damage.

[@MerelyGifted]

@@DownUnderDigitals ...and he's been like that for *years* - long before that fall.

[@HupeGarrett]

Didn’t Dante write a story about where Mitch is going?

[@illiteratethug3305]

You know he visits purgatory and heaven in that book too right? I mean it’s all a fairy tale anyway, you just rot in the ground.

[@nanashi7779]

@@illiteratethug3305 very apt name

[@user-bq3fp2so6w]

That’s a STOKE!! 😂😂😂

[@cazharalovett2510]

That’s exactly what it was and he said that it wasn’t

[@SgtLion]

This man is absolutely despicable, and deliberately worsened the lives of millions. We can only hope this means the end of his career.

[@herefordguy]

Im sorry, so he deserves to have a stoke which he clearly has had?

[@doctorf7501]

@@herefordguycould have been a partial seizure.

[@josezapata1878]

Thank you brother! You hit the nail on the 🤩🥳I hope this evil poor little devil pays all the damage he’s done while still breathing 🤬🤯😡😠😤

[@josezapata1878]

I hope he pays the price for being so evil and suffers here on earth 🤯🤬😡😠

[@herefordguy]

@@josezapata1878 hang on...... so you want him to live a life in pain and die for having different political views from you? And you are calling him the nasty extremist ?

[@eddieortiz4276]

Walking dead Term limits for all political positions

[@raffinee_3763]

Grim reaper is fast on the heels of this fossil.......

[@warlockgnoll2606]

i feel sorry for Americans when they have people like this in charge

[@chanbara8683]

Yep..

[@edwardstaniforth3057]

100%

[@jdon4447]

Why do we allow our government to be run by nursing home patients ? We need term limits or mandatory retirement age.

[@lrb662003]

You keep electing old men perhaps?

[@islandboy7432]

Corruption !

[@jnut9494]

​@@lrb662003thats cuz its all old people 😂

[@ninalambrecht2098]

😂😂😂

[@ryansta]

He's just seen all the flames and the lakes of fire awaiting 🔥

[@Boufonamong]

😂😂 100%

[@ToyTiger666]

This living mummy should retire and that's the kindest thing I can say about this person.

[@50jakecs]

That's too kind since his selfishness and greed was doing damage decades ago.

[@ToyTiger666]

@50jakecs Yes. But he always showed a lot of kindness to his son ... I mean his pet turtle. (No one must find out that it's actually his son.)

[@marmac7619]

How am i supposed to feel sorry for people like him, who would begrudge me the healthcare coverage that he had available to himself, the moment he was escorted away from the mic! I don't.

[@poffo954]

Human compassion

[@DavidVandemark]

@@poffo954compassion for those who actively refuse to show any for you? Nah.

[@DCoopVideos]

I don't get how they let these people stay in office until they rot. This makes no sense whatsoever

[@nancymcmonarch]

That's Kentucky voters for you.

[@ceeceedawson2212]

The moment your conscience reveals itself at the podium

[@indigoslow624]

The lady tapped him with something she had in her hand and then immediately put it in her pocket. This is really strange. Almost like a hypnosis trigger.

[@Stonemonkie1]

When the woman in red touches his shoulder there's no response, bnd the moment the guy touches his arm in the same place as the lady that tapped him, he starts moving again.

[@madogmabz]

The woman in the green shirt something weird going on with her hand before she touches him

[@ejkboxing]

Siri, turn McConnell on.

[@lonewolffisherman7092]

Sub Zero wins.....flawless victory.

[@golfboyvag1]

FINISH HIM!

[@TheThetaMan]

Ya'll need to stop 😢😂

[@tomcassidy2525]

McTerm Limits !

[@ralphhardie7492]

He'll never regret the terrible things he's done or the evil he perpetrated on so many. 😮

[@rogerwprice]

Check out the woman in green - she pushes in from behind, touches his hand and then he shuts up...

[@tccotter]

Yes my brother called me to tell me the same thing

[@denniewatson5189]

Yes I saw that,very strange

[@rogerwprice]

seems like the OFF SWITCH...

[@ELLOPRIMEPIECE]

She had something in her hand, and passed it off to the guy behind her

[@robforshaw917]

Very suspicious . He froze right when she touched him. also look at the faces of the people around him who clearly are in on it.

[@gypsy5445]

He needs to resign. If this were Schumer or Biden, the GOP would be screaming he’s not capable of serving!! Oh ya, I forgot, two sets of rules.

[@the.shotgun.approach]

yep that's about right. Fox News won't even cover it.

[@jake-rg3fd]

Maybe they should all resign?

[@obinator9065]

@@jake-rg3fdYou forgot the part where Trump is only 4 yours younger than Biden.

[@dominictemple]

IOKIYAR, It's OK If You're A Republican. Been a rule for years.

[@limitedtolove]

Exactly! If this was Biden this would be turned into a campaign video for the 45th…

[@britlew5933]

When the body snatchers take over.

[@MegaPoliyo]

Our leaders should not be senile. 40-60 is it. Enough age for experience. Enough vitality to do the job. How is retirement age a thin and yet people are walking into office without their full faculties! It's ridiculous.

[@RJ-vy9ch]

Trump has more vitality than most 20 year olds. You cannot deny that. He is more mentally tenacious than most people and his powers of negotiations and economics is a force to be reckoned with. It shouldn’t be about age, it should be about ability.

[@firstmoviesHD]

@@RJ-vy9ch Covfefe

[@froo5667]

​@@RJ-vy9chbut it actually should be about age and trump is senile

[@belongaskip]

@@RJ-vy9ch give me a break

[@thomaswentworth6433]

Fk me he stroked out right in front of everyone.

[@deborahwhit118]

Petit mal seizure, face not drooping on one side.

[@thomaswentworth6433]

@@deborahwhit118 I wasn't bring literal, however, he could have had a TIA.

[@Bluedog4712]

Yes I would say definitely a mild seizure, it happened to my dad when he was playing golf, nothing physical, but he just went blank and couldn’t remember any of the names of the guys he was playing with, he knew something was wrong and went home and called the doc!

[@thomaswentworth6433]

Well, the spin doctors diagnosed a concussion. Called me old fashioned as I'm calling BS, that was no concussion,

[@dogsuit]

@@thomaswentworth6433 hope they got him to a doctor right away i was thinkin same thing

[@awdtw]

The allure of power... making people think they are still capable of anything in their 80's lol

[@oxnyxws]

80 can be very capable of say telling rambling stories to the grandkids, cruising the ocean and bingo 😉

[@petervinberg6823]

I think David Attenborough has full mental faculties. More then many younger people i am sure. And he is 97, so 81 is not that bad.

[@Stikibits]

It'd be a better world without that inhumane despot on this planet. Same with Murdoch.

[@haku_haku_haku]

look at the guy on his left slowly get more and more concerned

[@okerror1451]

Connection lost.....

[@gshockbabe6144]

Mitch had a senior moment!😮

[@thesmithjs]

That moment When you realise that you left the cat in the oven........

[@davidmillar2594]

Just imagine being a US taxpayer.

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

I wish I wasn't.

[@jonandbeyond]

Lady in green literally said "DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH HIM"!!!! Turn the volume UP, don't watch the screen and just LISTEN! Listen to it a few times that way and then now listen to it again while watch her. It matches perfect. It's exactly what you hear her say! It's clear that he messed up big time and he's probably terrified now of what's going to happen to him....ie "eliminated". Tell me I'm not right and this isn't crazy! There is definitely something sinister happening right at that moment. How is nobody else noticing/hearing that? I can't believe the mic caught it!

[@ceem1620]

He froze as soon as she touched his arm. And watch the people eyes that are around him. They seen her touch him and started to smile.

[@user-wx6vy5jj3m]

Seems off. There was no need for anyone to touch Mitch whilst he was making a speech. Agreed the smiles were weird to.

[@melaniebarthel3817]

I tried to hear it, but she actually said, "Go ahead John". She said it quietly and then a little louder a couple seconds later.

[@ian_b]

@@melaniebarthel3817That's what I hear too.

[@madogmabz]

Look at her hand moments before her hand shape shifts into claws or something.

[@EileenTheCr0w]

Looked like Biden out there, dinosaurs need to retire

[@cleroyster2610]

Where is his handler. ???

[@deborahwhit118]

With Biden 😂

[@michaelmidax8108]

This was scary when I first saw it. I hate politics, and never was a fan of politicians. But I love human beings. Its always been incredibly hard to see someone go through something, and me-not put myself in their shoes &/or shoes of ppl that love that person. So seeing this, thinking of how this man knew exactly where he was and why he was there in one second. And in the next...[blank]. To think of his kids and grandkids,like what if that was my Pops or my grandfather....again, the best way I can put it. It was very hard to watch. I dont follow the news much. But i hope he's ok.

[@billthebax5578]

Lady in green definitely had something in her hand she jabbed him with

[@ladonna2u742]

The look when you soiled yourself😂😂😂

[@professormcclaine5738]

He's obviously unwell and should be at home.

[@MartinJPR]

Now THIS is funny. Thanks for sharing, Guardian News.

[@Yeahabouthat]

Why did that woman in green push her way to the front and poke him with something she had in her left hand immediately before he froze ?

[@madogmabz]

She shape shifted her hand poked him with her venum Not joking as ole Joe would say look closely and pause.

[@Murph96]

Watch the lady in the green pant suit come out of nowhere on Mitch's right side (In a hurry), and tap his right hand. It is at that moment, Mitch freezes.

[@tommyvigil306]

This is called karma for all of your antics in life.

[@garykim3942]

Term limits!!! My mother is 81. She cant even write a check!!

[@lambrosk6016]

I urge you to look at the video again and notice the lady in green. She comes barging inn from the back and taps Mitch on the hand. Thats the EXACT time he freezes up. WHY did she come inn? It was to shut him up. She actually taps him a second time as the camera zooms inn after the first tap. Check it out.

[@stevewilley1367]

Doesn't anyone else see this????

[@harveybarnes7784]

I saw it, demonic

[@baroale]

X men

[@dangerzone9747]

Someone put his system on sleep mode

[@skeeterskoville9226]

He saw a lizard person taunting him behind the press.

[@NiddyGritty]

He had a seizure!!! My grandma went through the same thing as him she was conscious with her eyes wide open, and she couldn't move or talk only thing she can do was just stare it was like she was in a trance and it took her a while to regain her speech and memory when she finally snapped but hers was due to her schizophrenia with the voices that keep her up at night and don't let her sleep even though she's taking medication for it :/

[@DK-cr7hn]

Seizure of power, since the 70s, I guess

[@frankfurter7260]

The Evil Dead

[@songwriterscove4515]

The woman in green walked up and shot him with the freeze pen. Watch it again.

[@ELLOPRIMEPIECE]

Right, then passed whatever she had in her hand, to the guy behind her

[@songwriterscove4515]

@@ELLOPRIMEPIECE wow, I didn't catch that, I'll have to watch that again

[@songwriterscove4515]

@@ELLOPRIMEPIECE oh my gosh you're right!

[@LtSaynt]

"We'll take the next question! You Mr. ... Grim Reaper, you've been waiting silently in the corner sharpening your scythe, you can ask Senator McConnel the next question."

[@JohnSmith-ve7sw]

Actually, the Grim Reaper was just there to collect the American People's Hopes and Dreams.

[@itself227]

I haven't been a big fan of Mitch but it's a shame to see the effects of age and injury on a person

[@charlie-cp3ek]

It’s not the age people pay attention to what happened

[@itself227]

@@charlie-cp3ek why can't charlie read?

[@randymillhouse791]

Burial plot selected yet?

[@patrickoleary6977]

He’s still in charge of the Senate minority? Remove him from office Now!

[@mmmoroi]

The moment woman in green touched his right hand, he froze. RINOs are weird.

[@neecosse]

Just a bug in the matrix.

[@deborahwhit118]

Looks like a petit mal seizure

[@johnbissonjr5945]

The perfect rwason for term limmits Get these old hanger ins out

[@Fogman5678]

Term Limits for "Career Politicians ", this trend must stop.

[@toomanycactus3138]

My medical analysis. His clone glitched out.

[@Gk2003m]

Mitch had a TIAA. He got so distracted thinking about his investments that he just froze in front of the cameras

[@TheDeghohun]

Nimesh Patel said that McConell SHAT himself!!! 😂😂😂😂😂 Omfg I cannot unwatch it now! Lol😂😂😂

[@NickDanger0001]

His link to Moscow ran out of bandwidth.

[@rexroscoeroggaschjr7530]

When he comes back out and announces he’s fine now….this needs to be replayed to him…then ask what if there was an active national emergency Mr Mitch?

[@stephenbradburn7225]

TERM LIMITS..!

[@creedlang419]

These days, i dont know whether to believe if this was real or a Tik Tok challenge..

[@lordyrich]

Say what you want about UK politics but at least we created a special home for our old AF politicians

[@robertnapier624]

And at least most of the leaders of the political parties are youngish to middle aged rather than very old.

[@deliciousness8183]

The woman in green touches his hand and then says something. That's why he stopped talking

[@airmanof1]

The woman in green pressed the "shut up" button on Mitch.

[@5GoldenR]

When he came back later saying he was sandbagged, must have gotten orders through an ear piece redirecting his focus but fell into abrupt abort. Question: who did the sandbagging?

[@philipcheng1618]

Only sandbagging is in his diaper.

[@TravKidd]

He was referring to when Biden stumbled over a sandbag at one of his recent meetings.

[@bletheringfool]

What does sandbagging mean?

[@futurepastself2777]

0:13 lady in green dress passes 4 people to shut him off

[@futurepastself2777]

0:16 TAP

[@Der.Milchmann]

Tbh I just see this old man speaking and it feels like a scene of a comedy movie. 😂

[@sosimilkameen]

This is the epitome of a career politician in action!

[@michellesmith3565]

Who’s the lady in green? Lots of speculation

[@tellyheadlol4258]

He saw the reaper sharpening his scythe

[@jamesford2192]

“Unusual freeze” more like “unusual lady walks up to him and touches him then he freezes”

[@sharonharris9782]

Karma for all of the evil this man has wrought.

[@janbowen9331]

Who is this woman in green? Does she tap him right before??

[@rzone1286]

He’s comparing what happened to him to tripping over a sand bag??

[@alexanderanghel7946]

No he's comparing it to getting hit over the head with a sandbag going 100 miles per hour.

[@American-In-Mykolaiv]

I pray for him, too, but I that he does not get better.

[@ascgazz7347]

You don’t look like a spring chicken yourself.

[@American-In-Mykolaiv]

@@ascgazz7347 Agreed, but I'm not trying to run a country, nor am I from KY and on the take.

[@jdz3446]

Lady in green turned his switch off. Puppets

[@frisbeeking7002]

He suffered from a complex-partial seizure. What's more obvious is his need to rest and quit politics for his own health .

[@coolandgood0062]

American government looks like an elderly hospice center.

[@DownUnderDigitals]

Slow Mo' Mitch.

[@matthewpafford5193]

I’m so happy he’s making decisions for us

[@Emilythematerialgurl]

Yeah like freezing and shutting up finally

[@JimmerofOz]

He says it best when he says nothing at all.