# McConnell appears to freeze while speaking {2023-08-30}

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**Created:** [August 30, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-appears-to-freeze-while-speaking-2023-08-30/989359 "2023-08-30T19:03:35Z")\
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So this ties back to an earlier thread:

> [@Mitch McConnell and Medical Issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-and-medical-issues/987661):
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> I don’t know if this belongs here or MPSMIS, but No real news on what the cause is, but what makes it so political is that Kentucky now has a Democratic Governor. Aren’t senators appointed by the governor when needed to complete a term?

From said thread, some medical conjecture:

> [@Mitch McConnell and Medical Issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-and-medical-issues/987661/49):
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> The CNN doctor suggested it was an absence seizure, probably a consequence of the accident he had a few months ago. [Absence Seizures | Johns Hopkins Medicine](https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/epilepsy/absence-seizures#:~:text=An%20absence%20seizure%20causes%20you,by%20a%20period%20of%20hyperventilation).

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