McConnell Makes Massive Announcement About Retirement After Terrifying 'Freezing' Incident

Hey everybody, this is Carmine Sabia for Explain America, and we finally have word from Mitch McConnell about his political future and retirement plans

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So Mitch McConnell, you guys saw this week, or you should have seen this week

that he was having a press conference, and he just froze. Just froze in front of a group of people. Now, a lot of doctors have been on TV, they've offered their unsolicited medical advice about what they believe happened

But of course, nobody can actually know medically what happened until and if Mitch McConnell sees a doctor on his own, which I pray he does

That being said, before I get to his announcement, let's take a look at that scene again

The story we're following closely. Senate Minority Leader, the Republican Mitch McConnell, says he is fine after a truly unnerving moment on Capitol Hill, on camera this afternoon

McConnell stopped speaking for some 30 seconds, right in the middle of remarks, at his regularly scheduled news conference. Here is that moment

After finishing the NDA this week, it's been good bipartisan cooperation and a string of

Senator, are you good? Mitch? Okay, Mitch. Anything else you want to say? I'm sure it's good back here

Do you want to say anything else to the press? Go ahead, John

I'll take it back. Let's go back to you. Go ahead, John

Quite a concerning moment there, seen as Manu Raju is on Capitol Hill. He was there as it was happening

And Manu, I understand you spoke to the senator himself afterwards. What did he say to you

Yeah, he didn't really get into the details about what happened. I tried to ask him about that very unnerving moment that alarmed his colleagues that sent Senator McConnell away from his weekly press conference

He walked over to his office, which is a short walk from where that press conference was

And then he later returned and answered questions from reporters like me when I asked him about this and whether he could continue to do his job. He indicated he could

That's very unfortunate and it's very scary. A lot of people were saying Mitch McConnell should retire right now

Which is interesting because a lot of those same people did not support the idea of Dianne Feinstein retiring right now

But I digress. In my opinion, they should both retire right now. There seems to be an issue here that goes beyond what normal people face when they're younger

And this happens when you get older. It's a shame, but it happens to some people. It happens to all of us

You can tell, even at my age, you can tell that things aren't exactly the same as they were

So as you get older and older, different things happen. So there's no shame in that. And I think McConnell needs to realize that and step aside

Alas, his announcement today was that he will not step aside. He intends to continue his term

Now keep in mind, Mitch McConnell is 81 years old right now in 2023

His term ends on January 3rd, 2027. Add four years to that, he's 85

And he has not said what he will do in the next election. He was asked about it

He didn't say, no, I won't run for re-election. Or yes, I will run for re-election

And I don't know if these people in D.C. believe they're immortal. I don't know if they believe they can just go on forever

I mean, you saw it with the late, great Ruth Bader Ginsburg. You saw it with, you're seeing it with Dianne Feinstein

You're seeing it with Mitch McConnell. It's not cool. It's not right

I think there needs to be generational change in Washington, D.C., in both parties

There needs to be generational change. Until that happens, we have people who maybe don't have the best cognitive ability leading the country

But I want to know what you guys think. So let me know in the comments. Is Mitch doing the right thing? Or should he step aside now

Please let me know about Feinstein. And of course, who could forget Joe Biden, right

So let me know about all that in the comments. Please remember to like, share, and subscribe as well

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