Mitch McConnell, 81, and leader of the Republican minority in the United States Senate, was again in the spotlight this Wednesday when he was again paralyzed during a press conference.
The veteran politician had to be hospitalized in March for a concussion and a fractured rib sustained in a fall. In July, at another public event, he was silent for about 20 seconds and had to be moved away from the cameras, before returning and reassuring those present that he was fine. Shortly after, it was learned that two weeks earlier he had fallen while getting off a plane.
On this occasion it happened to him when he was speaking to the media at the Covington Chamber of Commerce, in the state of Kentucky, which he represents in the Upper House. When a journalist asked him about his plans to run for re-election in 2026, the legislator asked him to repeat the question and later, after the reporter clarified, he remained paralyzed, looking straight ahead, for about 30 seconds.
At that time, an assistant approached the stage to tell him if he had heard the question and, given the lack of response, he asked the media to excuse him for a moment and called another colleague to come with him and make sure everything was done. it was good.
Asked about this incident during a press conference, the White House spokeswoman, Karine Jean-Pierre, shared the wishes of the US president, Joe Biden, that McConnell, whom the president knows well due to their 24 years together in the Senate, get well soon.
He is the legislator who has been the leader of the Republicans in the Senate for the longest time, since 2007, and has promoted priority issues for his party, such as achieving a large majority of conservative judges in the Supreme Court or approving former President Donald's tax reform Trump (2017-2021).
McConnell and Trump parted ways in December 2020, shortly after the presidential elections the previous month in which Biden defeated the then president, after the senator recognized the Democrat's victory.
