(Washington, DC) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he’s fine after being escorted away from a Republican leadership news conference Wednesday. The Kentucky senator appeared to freeze after he had stopped talking during the news conference. Some of his colleagues then asked McConnell if he was okay before Senator John Barrasso held him by the arm and walked him away from the podium. McConnell later walked back to the news conference by himself. An aide for the senator said he “felt light headed and stepped away for a moment.” Earlier this year, McConnell spent time in a rehabilitation facility after he tripped and fell at an event.
