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From People.com: Moments after Mitch McConnell voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s pick for HUD secretary, the 82-year-old Kentucky senator fell down the stairs, according to multiple reports.
“Sen. McConnell slipped and fell walking out of the Senate chamber just now,” wrote Alexander Bolton, a journalist for The Hill, on X on Feb. 5., “but he was immediately helped to his feet by security and colleagues, including Sens. Steve Daines and Markwayne Mullin. McConnell then walked to Mansfield Room without help.”
Chad Pergram, senior congressional correspondent for FOX News Channel, also confirmed the news on X that McConnell was helped up by his colleagues after falling down Senate stairs. Pergram said he had just voted to confirm Scott Turner to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Fox confirms. McConnell falls down Senate stairs after voting to confirm Scott Turner as HUD Secretary. Unclear about injuries. But Fox is told he appears to be ok. McConnell was helped up by Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT) and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK).
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) February 5, 2025
The Hill reported that McConnell appeared to slip and fall backwards onto the three-step stairway leading from the chamber to the Ohio Clock Corridor.
After getting back on his feet from the first fall, McConnell reportedly walked the rest of way to the Mansfield Room for a Republican lunch meeting without assistance.
However, while carrying a plate of food, he then fell again, according to John Bresnahan of Punchbowl News, who said the senator “may have bruised his face.”
2/ “Senator McConnell is fine. The lingering effects of polio in his left leg will not disrupt his regular schedule of work,” said a McConnell spokesperson.
McConnell is using a wheelchair as a precautionary measure, we’re told
— John Bresnahan (@bresreports) February 5, 2025
McConnell was then seen leaving in a wheelchair after the luncheon.
Sen. Mitch McConnell is in a wheelchair after he fell at the senate GOP lunch this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/toXcnyPzuj
— Brennan Leach (@brennanleach) February 5, 2025
Mitch McConnell is in a wheelchair after falling multiple times today pic.twitter.com/pDd03oBgQl
— Max Cohen (@maxpcohen) February 5, 2025
McConnell fell again outside Senate chamber but was able to get up
He’s in GOP lunch now, standing. His colleagues are huddled around him https://t.co/tcNHjOfhC2
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) February 5, 2025
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