Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, 83, fell to the bottom in a Capitol hallway Thursday afternoon as he made his method to Senate votes.
McConnell, who introduced in February that he would not seek reelection, fell to the ground whereas two volunteers from the environmental advocacy group Dawn Motion approached the senator and requested him a query about Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions. He didn’t reply to the query.
The senator appeared unsteady, however received up and stored strolling with the assistance of his element. He then waved to the 2 people who have been questioning him.
The Senate was taking a collection of votes on Thursday associated to the government shutdown, now on its sixteenth day. After the autumn, McConnell voted and he’s anticipated to vote late within the day as effectively.
Sen. Mitch McConnell walks out of the Senate Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Constructing on Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
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There have been related incidents with McConnell prior to now, together with an harm from a fall in 2023 that resulted in a chronic absence from the Senate as he was hospitalized and required outpatient rehabilitation. McConnell has walked with a limp after overcoming polio at a younger age.
McConnell is about to retire from a decadeslong political profession on the conclusion of his time period in January 2027. In 2024, he stepped down from his function as celebration chief after a record-breaking 18 years on the helm of the Republican convention.
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