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So Mitch McConnell Had Another Health Episode On Camera.

He’s never going to retire, is he?

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readAug 31, 2023
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It was just a couple months ago that Diane Feinstein was making headlines, not for any particularly groundbreaking legislation or statement, but because of — as is all too common with our lawmakers in office — her health concerns and age. And yet, no one really seemed to bat an eye at the fact that she was literally missing from congress for months and putting the judiciary committee in a stalemate due to her health while not remembering any of it.

Ah, and then we have Kentucky senator Mitch McConnell.

It was only just last month that we saw the disturbing video of Mitch McConnell speaking to a large group of press, and stopping in the middle of his sentence as as his eyes glazed over. He continued to stand there until those surrounding him finally began to notice something was very wrong, and ushered him out of sight.

Well, the same thing just happened again.

Mitch McConnell was once again on camera, in the middle of a sentence when he froze, and simply stared straight ahead unable to speak as his eyes glazed over before his aides came to help him.

I work in a nursing home, and what I said the first time this happened still reigns true. If any of my residents ever…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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