Sen. Mitch McConnell falls on Capitol Hill, incident captured on video
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Sen. Mitch McConnell was caught on video falling down on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
ETWN Capitol Hill Reporter Erik Rosales said the incident occurred in the basement of the Russell Senate Office Building.
The video shows McConnell He was walking down a hallway when a woman approached him and asked him a question about the activities of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
McConnell is then seen stumbling and falling to the ground. After being helped back to his feet, McConnell waves to the person filming the video and walks away.
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U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks through the Senate Metro to vote on the ninth day of the partial federal government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Oct. 9, 2025. (Kent Nishimura/Reuters)
“All is well; he went to vote at 1:30 p.m. to see if Democrats would decide to fund our nation’s defense priorities, and he’s ready to vote again,” a spokesperson for McConnell told Fox News Digital.
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Senator Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, arrives at the US Capitol for the vote on Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In February, the Kentucky Republican fell down a small staircase while leaving the Senate chamber following a confirmation vote for Housing and Urban Development secretary nominee Scott Turner.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 30, 2025, for the voting series. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
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McConnell is 83 years old and had polio as a child.
Fox News’ Chad Pergram and Julia Johnson contributed to this report.
