Senator Mitch McConnell, 82, fell down a marble staircase on Capitol Hill Wednesday after voting for Donald Trump’s Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner.
The Kentucky Republican’s stumble occurred just after the longtime lawmaker exited the Senate floor.
He was reportedly helped up by Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla).
McConnell, the former longtime leader of the Senate Republicans from 2007 – 2025, has been battling a string of health issues over the last few years.
And his fall Wednesday raises fresh questions about his ability to do his job and the advanced age of so many of the nation’s political leaders.
‘It’s time to retire,’ conservative commentator Benny Johnson said of McConnell after the fall Wednesday.
‘The Congress is a den of liars, thieves and apparently now nursing home patients,’ X user George Behizy posted. ‘Mitch McConnell needs to retire.’
The Republican has been involved in multiple falls while working which have led to various injuries.
Senator Mitch McConnell, 82, fell down the marble Senate staircase Wednesday after voting for HUD Secretary Scott Turner
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell wears a bandage on his face as he walks to cast a vote on the Senate floor after falling during a luncheon on Capitol Hill in December
His latest incident was in December when he fell over during a Senate lunch.
Medical staff with a wheelchair were called in to assist after the senator fell during the lunch and sprained his wrist.
He also had a cut on his face according to a witness who saw McConnell after the incident.
A medical official indicated at the time that McConnell was okay despite the tumble.
Later, McConnell was seen walking around work, business as usual despite the dust up.
But one day after the December fall, the Kentuckian entered the Senate looking unsteady while gripping firmly onto an aide’s forearm as he made the short walk from his office to the Senate floor.
He was watching his steps along the way as he slowly meandered down the hallway with a large bandage on his left cheek.
McConnell also suffered several health scares following a fall last year that sparked concerns.
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is assisted by staff as he goes to the Senate Chamber to vote on December 11, 2024 in Washington, D.C.
The senator sustained an injury to his left wrist. Here McConnell is seen in a cast
He had ‘faceplanted’ when getting off a plane at Washington’s Reagan Airport in 2023 too.
In addition to the plane incident, McConnell fell two other times in 2023, one of which resulted in a concussion.
Most notably was an incident where McConnell froze while at a leadership briefing in 2023 when he stopped abruptly, unable to complete his sentence.
Aides later said McConnell had been feeling ‘light-headed’ prior to making his remarks.
