Multiple outlets have posted a clip from a local TV station press conference in Kentucky where Mitch McConnel once again froze for nearly 30 seconds in the middle of answering a reporter's question about -- wait for it -- his re-election campaign.

Mitch's apparent medical problem is disturbing enough.

What is worse is the response of his aide / staffer / handler.

She steps in exactly 7 seconds after Mitch goes silent after only one or two words of a response and asks him if he heard the question, after he had just asked the reporter to repeat the question before feigning that he didn't hear the question at first.

For a famous, powerful figure who has already had an episode EXACTLY like this only a few weeks back, I would have expected one of two responses.... An immediate recognition of the situation as another identical TIA / stroke type situation requiring him to be immediately taken away while medical assistance is called via 911... or an immediate recognition of a possibly different one-off medical event again requiring immediate action.

Instead, the handler seemed perfectly unfazed by the situation, as if identical behaviors have become common and predictable in duration ("I'm sorry y'all, we're gonna need a minute..."). She acted as though he was having a HEARING problem. I know Mitch is old and many seniors have hearing loss, but I've never heard any mention of Mitch having a hearing issue that required people standing next to him to speak like they were talking to someone with a severe hearing loss. It's not that he can't HEAR you, he can't PROCESS what you're saying. The question was WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION IN 2026? He asked immediately after, WHAT ARE MY THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT?

If any other caretaker was known to NOT respond to an episode like these of the past few weeks by calling 911 immediately to arrange for emergency stroke care, it would constitute elder abuse.

The fact that the party in question is a US Senator tells you how corrupt both parties have become when so much depends on others operating figures like this in a position of power like a puppet for their interests. Republicans have Mitch, Democrats have Diane. There's no whataboutism involved. This should be beneath us as a country.


WTH