Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley called the U.S. Senate “the most privileged nursing home in the country” after 81-year-old Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the Republican leader in the upper chamber, suffered a second freeze.
After briefly freezing up mid-sentence several weeks ago in Washington, Mr. McConnell again experienced a similar episode in Covington, Kentucky, on Aug. 30. After a reporter on Wednesday asked Mr. McConnell whether he would run for reelection in 2026, the Republican lawmaker asked the reporter to repeat the question, before trailing off and staring straight ahead silently.
