Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel and CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta both weighed in on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellās (R-KY) latest freezing incident on Wednesday and suggested what the underlying health issue could be.
On Fox Newsā The Special Report with Bret Baier following the incident, Siegel noted that while he hadnāt examined McConnell, his best guess āwould be Parkinsonās disease because that, in its later stages, can give you a freeze.ā
Gupta also raised the possibility of Parkinsonās disease during an appearance on CNNās The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday.
āThereās a long list of possibilities here. I think what we saw was pretty concerning. I think most people could see that,ā Gupta said. āIt was similar to what we saw in July where there was this freezing. Itās the freezing of the speech, itās the freezing of the body, itās the tight sort of grasping of the side of the lectern.ā
He continued, āHis face even has this mask-like feature to it. So thereās a lot of things that are going on there.ā
Gupta argued that while McConnell could have suffered from a seizure or something similar, āIt could be something like when somebody comes off of their medications for things like Parkinsonās. When the medication start to wear off, they may start to have freezing episodes as well.ā
The fact that his team clearly had a protocol for this and no one freaked out about it tells me this happens a lot more frequently off camera than on. This is what we can expect from the Senate minority leader moving forward. At least until '26, if he lasts that long.
Behold, our most capable leaders. This one was old as fuck too fat to walk and very dumb, donāt ask him questions. The next one is even older so, better. There is also this guy that sometimes doesnāt work anymore, because heās as old as the dirt you walk on.