Congress doctor provides medical statement after Sen. Mitch McConnell's freeze episode

ANOTHER SCARY MOMENT FOR SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL, THE 81 YEAR OLD FREEZING UP AGAIN AT AN EVENT IN COVINGTON, THIS TIME IN FRONT OF OUR CAMERAS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT TEN. I’M CHRIS JACOBS. MCCONNELL WAS IN TOWN TO PARTICIPATE IN A NORTHERN KENTUCKY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FORUM. HE WAS ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS AROUND ONE THIS AFTERNOON. NOW, SEVERAL MINUTES INTO THE QUESTIONS, THIS HAPPENED. ALL RIGHT. I’M SORRY, YOU ALL. WE’RE GOING TO NEED A MINUTE. SENATOR DENNY. SORRY. OKAY. WELL, THEN MCCONNELL’S AIDES COME TO HIS SIDE TO CHECK ON HIM AS HE TRIES TO TAKE MORE QUESTIONS. HE MUMBLES FOR A BIT WHEN ASKED ABOUT DANIEL CAMERON AND WHEN ASKED ABOUT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE SAID HE DOESN’T WANT TO COMMENT. AFTER THAT, HIS STAFF ESCORTS HIM OUTSIDE A SHORT TIME LATER, HIS STAFF SAID SENATOR MCCONNELL FELT LIGHTHEADED AND HAD TO STOP SPEAKING. NOW SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL’S LATEST PUBLIC EPISODE IS RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS HEALTH. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S RACHEL HERXHEIMER JOINS US WITH HOW SOME DOCTORS ARE EVALUATING THIS WHOLE SITUATION. RACHEL THEY ARE. THIS IS A REALLY SCARY SITUATION. ALLEN SENATE SENATOR MCCONNELL WAS DELIVERING REMARKS IN COVINGTON AT THE NORTHERN KENTUCKY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHEN THAT EPISODE HAPPENED. DOCTORS WE SPOKE WITH HAVE NOT TREATED THE 81 YEAR OLD SENATE MINORITY LEADER, BUT SAY WHAT THEY SAW IS CONCERN IN KENTUCKY. SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL IS BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT. I’M SORRY, I HAD A HARD TIME HEARING YOU. THE SENATE MINORITY LEADER STRUGGLING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS IN COVINGTON THIS AFTERNOON. WHAT ARE MY THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT RUNNING FOR REELECTION. IN 2026? THAT’S. ALL RIGHT. I’M SORRY. YOU ALL ARE GOING TO NEED A MINUTE. I THINK WHAT’S CONCERNING ABOUT THIS IS THAT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, HE’S HAD MULTIPLE EPISODES. LAST MONTH, MCCONNELL PAUSED IN A SIMILAR SCENARIO AT THE US CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON, MITCH MITCH FOR NEUROSURGEON DR. JOHN BOOCKVAR, THIS IS A CAUSE FOR CONCERN. I THINK AS AMERICANS WE CARE VERY DEEPLY FOR OUR LEADERSHIP, REGARDLESS OF OF POLITICAL INCLINATION. AND I THINK IT’S TIME FOR HIM TO GET A SERIOUS MEDICAL WORKUP. DOCTOR BILL PETRY, A PHYSICIAN WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER, AGREES. IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED TO SOMEONE THAT YOU TO YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW OR LOVE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REASON TO GET CHECKED OUT. AND I’M SURE THAT THAT SENATOR MCCONNELL IS GETTING THE VERY BEST IN MEDICAL CARE. MCCONNELL’S OFFICE RESPONDED TO THE EPISODE SAYING HE WAS LIGHTHEADED WHEN HE WAS TAKING QUESTIONS AND WAS FEELING FINE AFTERWARDS. HIS BRAIN AND HIS BODY IS TELLING HIM AND US SOMETHING AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE HIM TO GET A FULL MEDICAL WORKUP, INCLUDING CARDIAC AND NEUROLOGICAL ASAP. MCCONNELL’S TEAM ALSO SAID HE WILL BE CONSULTING A PHYSICIAN BEFORE THE NEXT EVENT THAT HE’S SCHEDULED TO ATTEND. DOCTORS WE SPOKE WITH SAY YOU SHOULD GET CHECKED OUT IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOU. RACHEL HERXHEIMER WLWT NEWS FIVE. ALL RIGHT, RACHEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND MORE REACTIONS POURING IN, INCLUDING FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN. HERE’S WHAT HE SHARED WITH REPORTERS MITCH IS A FRIEND, AS YOU KNOW, NOT A JOKE. WE HAVE DISAGREEMENTS POLITICALLY, BUT HE’S A GOOD FRIEND. AND SO I’M GOING TO TRY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MCCONNELL LAST PUBLIC INCIDENT LIKE THIS.