Sen. Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, was seen on video offering no response to questions about the midterms.
Newsmax’s congressional correspondent Kilmeny Duchardt approached Mr. McConnell, who uses a wheelchair, in a hallway Friday and asked if she could get his reaction to the GOP’s midterm losses.
She also asked whether the GOP would get anything done in the lame-duck session, prior to the new Congress being sworn in on Jan. 3 with Democratic majorities in the House and Senate.
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Mr. McConnell did not respond, looking up and away from Ms. Duchardt as seen in a video that Newsmax posted on social media. Mr. McConnell, formerly the Senate majority leader, returned to the Senate in September following a weekslong medical absence.
Mr. McConnell did not run for reelection this year and is due to leave the Senate on Jan. 3, replaced by Sen.-elect Rep. Andy Barr, a fellow Republican. Mr. Barr’s seat in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District was among those that flipped, and will be filled by incoming Rep. Zach Dembo, a Democrat.
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