Senator Mitch McConnell was speaking before stopping and staying silent for several seconds as people asked if he was OK. He later returned to the podium and...
Looks like it could be an absence seizure. Don’t think it’s confirmed. Given the lack of FAST symptoms other than speech problems, I’m not thinking it was a stroke.
Either that or his operating system encountered an unexpected error and he needed to be rebooted.
FAST can help to identify a possible stroke but the lack of FAST symptoms doesn’t rule out a stroke. So CVA/TIA is still a possibility along with a dozen other things.
Looks like it could be an absence seizure. Don’t think it’s confirmed. Given the lack of FAST symptoms other than speech problems, I’m not thinking it was a stroke.
Either that or his operating system encountered an unexpected error and he needed to be rebooted.
FAST can help to identify a possible stroke but the lack of FAST symptoms doesn’t rule out a stroke. So CVA/TIA is still a possibility along with a dozen other things.
I think he’s too old for an operating system error. Probably something mechanical. Broken spring maybe.