The 81-year-old Senate minority leader appeared unable to answer a question about whether he will run for re-election during an event in his home state of Kentucky.
, appeared to freeze up and was unable to answer a question from a reporter at an event in his home state of Kentucky on Wednesday, the second such episode in just over a month.
A woman standing at the front of the room with McConnell asked him if he heard the question and repeated it to him, but McConnell still did not answer, the video showed. McConnell, who was first elected to the Senate in 1985 and has served as the top Republican there since 2007, ultimately did not answer the question about whether he will seek another term., when McConnell froze and stared straight ahead for about 20 seconds during a news conference.At that time, he went back to his office with aides and then returned to answer more questions, telling reporters who asked what had happened that he was “fine.
The Associated Press reported that McConnell called South Dakota Sen. John Thune, the No. 2 Senate Republican who is seen as one of his potential successors, after the event Wednesday. McConnell “sounded like his usual self and was in good spirits,'” Thune spokesman, Ryan Wrasse, said.
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