Sen. Mitch McConnell fell down once more Wednesday, this time on stairs contained in the U.S. Capitol moments after a affirmation vote.
McConnell, 82, fell whereas strolling out of the Senate chamber after voting to substantiate President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Housing and City Improvement, Scott Turner, in line with The Hill.
Different senators and McConnell’s aides helped him to his toes, and he walked into one other room with out assist.
“Mitch McConnell is in a wheelchair after falling multiple times today,” PunchBowl reporter Max Cohen wrote on social media, alongside a photograph.
McConnell (R-Ky.) has fallen a number of instances lately, sparking concern for his well being. His most up-to-date tumble occurred in December 2024, when he fell and minimize his face at a Senate lunch.
Moreover, McConnell fell in a D.C. lodge room in March 2023 and was identified with a concussion. That got here 4 years after he fell at his dwelling in Kentucky and broke his shoulder.
Senate Minority Chief Mitch McConnell of Ky. wears a bandage on his face as he walks to forged a vote on the Senate ground after falling throughout a luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photograph/Mark Schiefelbein)
The falls haven’t been McConnell’s solely well being concern. Throughout two separate media appearances in the summertime of 2023, the senator froze up in entrance of the cameras, showing unable to talk or hear earlier than he was guided away from the scenes by aides.
McConnell has been a senator since 1985, and he was the Republican chief within the chamber from 2007 to 2025, making him the longest-tenured occasion chief in Senate historical past. He was changed this yr by John Thune from South Dakota.
Regardless of his longevity, McConnell will not be even the oldest Republican presently within the Senate. That distinction belongs to Chuck Grassley, 90, from Iowa.
