Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel and CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta both weighed in on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellā€™s (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 hadnā€™t examined McConnell, his best guess ā€œwould be Parkinsonā€™s disease because that, in its later stages, can give you a freeze.ā€

Gupta also raised the possibility of Parkinsonā€™s disease during an appearance on CNNā€™s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday.

ā€œThereā€™s a long list of possibilities here. I think what we saw was pretty concerning. I think most people could see that,ā€ Gupta said. ā€œIt was similar to what we saw in July where there was this freezing. Itā€™s the freezing of the speech, itā€™s the freezing of the body, itā€™s the tight sort of grasping of the side of the lectern.ā€

He continued, ā€œHis face even has this mask-like feature to it. So thereā€™s a lot of things that are going on there.ā€

Gupta argued that while McConnell could have suffered from a seizure or something similar, ā€œIt could be something like when somebody comes off of their medications for things like Parkinsonā€™s. When the medication start to wear off, they may start to have freezing episodes as well.ā€

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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      Behold, our most capable leaders. This one was old as fuck too fat to walk and very dumb, donā€™t ask him questions. The next one is even older so, better. There is also this guy that sometimes doesnā€™t work anymore, because heā€™s as old as the dirt you walk on.