Louisiana Senator John Kennedy had a frightening freeze-up on Tuesday afternoon.

Another GOP subordinate of Congress has had what appears to beryllium a wellness scare, with septuagenarian Senator John Kennedy freezing during a Fox Business interrogation connected Tuesday.

During an interrogation with big Larry Kudlow, 77, astir the Trump administration’s crackdown connected sanctuary cities, Kennedy started to marque a constituent astir however Jesus loves immigrants earlier trailing disconnected into a seven-second silence.

“Jesus loves them, but everybody other thinks,” Kennedy said earlier murmuring a mates much words and past freezing connected camera.

U.S. Senator John Kennedy appeared to frost during an interrogation with Fox Business MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images

Kennedy appeared to beryllium incapable to signifier words, and helium remained connected surface for 5 much seconds successful soundlessness earlier Kudlow chopped successful and chalked up the awkward spread to a method issue.

“I conjecture we had immoderate much method problems. That was the aforesaid mic we mislaid with Senator Rand Paul,” Kudlow said. Kennedy had not spoken immoderate words aft freezing up.

A spokesperson for Kennedy did not respond to an contiguous petition for comment. Kennedy’s authoritative relationship connected X posted doubly aft the interrogation aired, erstwhile to knock Palestinian activistic Mahmoud Khalil and erstwhile to congratulate a New Orleans Saints shot subordinate connected his retirement.

The show of a gray-haired legislator freezing during an interrogation is simply a acquainted 1 for the GOP caucus.

In 2023, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suffered 2 akin “freezing episodes” conscionable weeks isolated from each other.

While observing neurologists initially suspected that McConnell whitethorn person suffered a transient ischemic onslaught — a benignant of changeable — the Capitol doc wrote successful a connection that the Kentuckian’s episodes showed “no evidence” of a changeable oregon seizure disorder.

Ironically, Kennedy was 1 of the Senate Republicans who instantly dismissed suggestions that McConnell measurement down arsenic bulk leader, saying that would instrumentality spot lone “when donkeys fly.”

McConnell announced earlier this twelvemonth that helium would not question re-election successful 2026.

Kennedy, who is known successful the Senate for his distinctive Southern drawl and acerbic commentary during hearings, has not commented connected whether helium volition prosecute re-election successful 2028. He passed connected running for politician of Louisiana successful 2023.

Health problems person emerged arsenic a large constituent of hostility for some parties implicit the past year, from scrutiny of Joe Biden’s cognition during his presidency to President Trump’s recent diagnosis of chronic venous insufficiency.

Kennedy does not adjacent ace the database of the 10 oldest senators (the oldest, Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley, is 91).