McConnell stops speaking mid-sentence at press conference
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At the start of a press conference of Republican Senate leaders on Wednesday, minority leader Sen. Mitch McConnell stopped abruptly, mid-sentence, and after a long pause, stepped aside without continuing. Later in the event, McConnell returned and took a question about what happened, saying, “I’m fine.”
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MITCH MCCONNELL: Well, good afternoon, everyone. We're on a path to finishing the NDA. This week, there's been good bipartisan cooperation and a string of--
- Wait a minute.
- Are you good? Mitch?
- You OK, Mitch? Anything else you want to say, or should we just go back to your office? Do you want to say anything else to the press? We'll take a break.
- Let's go back to the--
- Go ahead, John.
- We'll take a break.
- Let's go back to the office.
- Go ahead, John.
- So this is the-- we're coming up--
- Could you address what happened here at the start of the press conference, and was it related to your injury from earlier this year, where you suffered a concussion? Is that--
MITCH MCCONNELL: No. I'm fine.
- You're fine? You're fully able to do your job?
MITCH MCCONNELL: Yeah.
