Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) spooked reporters on Wednesday when he suddenly became silent and stone-faced during a press conference — only to return minutes later declaring “I’m …
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell spooked reporters on Wednesday when he suddenly became silent and stone-faced during a press conference — only to return minutes later declaring “I’m fine.”
The Senate GOP leader returned toward the end of the weekly press conference on the National Defense Authorization Act and faced questions about his abrupt exit.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite A McConnell aide later told reporters that the minority leader “felt light-headed and stepped away for a moment” but returned to the podium to field questions, “which as everyone observed was sharp.”
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