During a news conference on Wednesday (August 30) in Covington, Kentucky, the subject of whether Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is currently serving his seventh term in office, will run for re-election in 2026 was addressed to him. He requested that the reporter ask the question twice because he was unable to hear.

When he finally understood the question, he briefly laughed before becoming utterly silent. He was then questioned about the subject by one of his assistants. He whispered “Yes,” but then paused for another five seconds before telling his assistant to tell the media to wait for him for a minute.

He was contacted by another of his assistants who asked him if he would want to go outside with them before adding, “Come with us.” While it appeared that he was whispering “Okay,” he actually offered permission for a different inquiry. They inquired if anyone else had any questions and reminded everyone to ask inquiries.

Then, in an attempt to avoid the question that had been posed before the time got locked, he was questioned about Daniel Cameron, the Republican who is currently serving as Kentucky’s attorney general and who has announced his desire to run for governor in May 2022. “I think the governor’s race is going to be very close,” McConnell shot back.

The last question he received was about Donald Trump’s most recent indictment in Georgia, but Mitch McConnell dodged it as well before leaving the podium. A later statement said that McConnell “felt briefly dizzy and paused during his press conference today.”

McConnell has now had two press conferences cut short due to freezing up in the past four weeks, with the first incident occurring on July 26 at a normal news conference. He froze up after being questioned and remained still for almost thirty seconds until he was brought away.

He was brought back to his office for a bit, before stating, “I’m fine,” and returning to the podium. Later, he revealed that the president had gotten in touch with him on the occasion, and McConnell made fun of getting “sandbagged” at the podium in reference to the vice president’s comment after falling.

Despite always claiming to be “stronger than mule piss,” Mitch McConnell is clearly aging, and both Republicans and Democrats are keeping a watch on this as his blunders continue. In the previous five months, he also had two falls in addition to his two frozen moments.

According to a spokesman in March, “Leader McConnell tripped at a dinner event Wednesday evening and has been admitted to the hospital and is being treated for a concussion.” He apparently fell at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Washington, D.C., breaking a rib and sustaining a concussion.

At Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, a second fall that remained unreported at the time happened in July while the passenger was stepping off an airplane. It was deemed “prudent and precautionary” to transport him through the airport in a wheelchair after he allegedly collapsed and banged his face.

The 81-year-old Mitch McConnell is not the only senior senator now serving in the Senate; Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker of the House, is 83, and Dianne Feinstein, a senator from California, is 90. The average age of Congressmen is currently 59, which is alarming.