BREAKING: 82 year old Senator Mitch McConnell just fell down the stairs while departing the Senate

[Dennis Donovan]

Ken Klippenstein
‪@kenklippenstein.bsky.social‬
BREAKING: 82 year old Senator Mitch McConnell just fell down the stairs while departing the Senate
February 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM

BREAKING: 82 year old Senator Mitch McConnell just fell down the stairs while departing the Senate

— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein.bsky.social) 2025-02-05T17:31:58.103Z

Update:

Wendell Husebø
JUST IN: Sen. Mitch McConnell fell down the stairs outside the Senate chamber, where reporters watched the octogenarian regain his footing

McConnell got up with the help from Sens. Steve Daines and Markwayne Mullin

He walked away on his own power

McConnell also fell in December, continuing a pattern that raised alarms in 2023.
12:41 PM · Feb 5, 2025

[durablend]

1. Fell or was pushed?

[FarPoint]

9. Hahahah....

This was my first response....I wish no harm but let's face it...the GOP/ MAGA's are aninimalistic... ...better yet, offical mobsters.

[Irish_Dem]

19. He's been making negative comments about trump.

Yesterday I think.

He got the Putin treatment.

[unblock]

53. With Putin there's usually a window involved

And a bit more elevation....

[Irish_Dem]

58. It's the American version, Nancy P also fell down stairs a couple of months ago.

Musk is destroying institutional memory.

Pelosi and McConnell have more than a 100 years of institutional memory.

I am not saying this is what has happened.

But it would be naive and foolish not to consider it.
Malpractice for professionals not to ask some questions.

[unblock]

59. I don't disagree. Just saying Putin is usually more effective.

The Donnie and the gang are considerably dumber and less competent (though much more of a threat than they were 8 years ago)

[colorado_ufo]

64. Perhaps it was just a

"shot across the bow."

[Strelnikov_]

68. They are Dictators in Training

Probationary, career conditional.

We should send them a fork in the road offer.

[Irish_Dem]

75. Maybe these were just warnings, not trying to kill them.

[Wicked Blue]

86. Or a cup of tea

[Alliepoo]

71. Nope! He got the

Ivana treatment.

[Irish_Dem]

74. Maybe Mitch gets buried in a random spot in a Trump golf course.

[Oopsie Daisy]

20. "Help! Help! The Secretary has fallen!" (Frank Underwood)

&ab_channel=PaOk

[haele]

28. If he was walking with Mullen...

Hmmm.

[surfered]

82. My first thought, too.

[Demovictory9]

90. Lol

[BattleRow]

91. He's been falling down on the job for YEARS now...

Hard for turtles to fall unless tipped over...jus sayin...

[Miami Blue]

102. That's a legitimate inquiry about the collapse of

MoscowMitch
🖕🏻

[hedda_foil]

2. Who pushed him?

[2naSalit]

12. One of the cult members...

I would imagine.

[rpannier]

85. The article said Markwayne Mullin was there

That's a likely start

[AKwannabe]

3. ...

Ain’t that a bitch, Mitch?

[BannonsLiver]

4. They're giving him the Ivana treatment.

[newdeal2]

27. Maybe he'll be buried at the future Trump Riviera club and resort

[Alliepoo]

73. Beat me to it!!

Lol!! Maybe they should install some of those motorized chairs that carry you up and down the staircase.

[Oopsie Daisy]

5. Gee. I hope it's nothing insignificant.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. LOL!

You bad.

[2naSalit]

6. The comments...

Are hilariously brutal!

[SheltieLover]

10. Maybe karma kicked him in the ass

[2naSalit]

18. Whatever it was...

Is fine by me.

[SheltieLover]

22. Same here, 2na!

[Prairie Gates]

14. "Thoughts and stairs" is...

Breathtaking.

[2naSalit]

21. ...

[2MuchNoise]

57. That is the funniest thing I've read/heard in a long time!

Thank you!

[mountain grammy]

29. Yes and well deserved

[SheltieLover]

7. ...

[nolabear]

8. He really needs to stop pretending he can do the job.

Who’d replace him though? Each is worse than the last.

[louis-t]

11. Too bad he wasn't near a 12th story window.

I hope he didn't break anything. Like the handrail. Or the steps.

[Irish_Dem]

25. At least he didn't fall out a window.

[UTUSN]

30. Ya beat me to it

[sheshe2]

15. Oh.

Thoughts and prayers.

Amen.

[dweller]

16. Well

Did he get up ?





✌🏻

[usonian]

17. Must we go through this procedure again?

[yaesu]

23. I hope he didn't break anything, those steps are expensive to replace. nt

[JohnSJ]

24. Too bad it wasn't musk.

[sop]

31. Too bad it wasn't Trump.

[JohnSJ]

35. Both

[sop]

37. I could see either one pushing the other down the stairs.

[JohnSJ]

40. Lol

[BattleRow]

94. Downwardly mobile...

I second that permanent demotion ...

[dalton99a]

26. Ok. Keep falling

[Captain Zero]

54. He will get it right eventually

Maybe Doge should have a look under his hood.

[Irish_Dem]

32. Makes me think of Nancy P falling down stairs too.

Not long ago.
Did anyone think about maybe she was pushed?

[Polybius]

97. Only conspiracy theorists

[Irish_Dem]

98. I am trained as a scientist and we speculate when presented with data.

It is called the scientific method. Logic and pattern analysis.

Calling this a conspiracy theory is a straw man argument and is a logical fallacy.

In some professions it would be malpractice or against the law and ethics
to refuse to ask questions when two people from the same office fall down the stairs and are injured.

[Polybius]

99. I am into logistics

There has to be actual real evidence before I make wild accusations that even the victim isn't alleging.

[Irish_Dem]

100. Two people from the same office fall down the stairs.

Any responsible person would ask the question about safety or what is going on.

Logistics apparently does not involve responsibility for human life.
Or a duty to warn and a duty to protect.
Safety is not an issue.

Law enforcement must ask questions, and so must people in various professions.
We are responsible for human life.

Scientists speculate all the time when data is presented to them.
Every modern invention you enjoy is due to someone wildly speculating and then testing it out.

[Polybius]

108. Both are old, very old

Seems logical to me that it was natural.

[Autumn]

33. Oh dear.

I'm fresh out of fucks to give.

[TommyT139]

34. Would he be a No vote on RFK Jr?

[usonian]

36. Thoughts and Prayers

[obamanut2012]

38. I hope those stairs are okay

[sarisataka]

39. Perhaps it was a warning to get in line and shut up

Next time he may have a fall out a window...

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

41. Mitch's doctor: "Take two leaves of lettuce and call me in the morning."

[3auld6phart]

93. Lovveit

LoL

[purr-rat beauty]

42. Probably didn't do as much damage

As the damage he has brought upon this nation

[Basso8vb]

43. Are the stairs OK?

[Tanuki]

44. ....

[Dave Bowman]

104. Lol, actual footage of the fall.

[Moostache]

45. My dad turns 82 tomorrow...

He fell and broke a hip in July last year. The damage done was bad, but he survived the replacement and the surgery and the recovery (physically). He is a ruined man mentally though since that time.

I have an extremely compromised position on the elderly and being in charge of the country. But I also have experience of sitting with my father in a hospital ER for HOURS after he fell, waiting for pain medication and then for surgery and this was AFTER he was on the ground in his apartment for an unknown amount of time because he lived alone and the assistance staff only came to check on him at 12 hour intervals.

Falling down and being injured at that age is no small thing. It is daunting and mentally fatiguing in a way that most of us cannot understand. I felt a fraction of that pain by sitting at my father's bedside while he was in physical and mental distress and just had to sit there powerless as it dragged on for what felt like eternity. The fact that McConnell was able to leave apparently under his own power hurts my soul. My dad has been a good man and citizen his entire life. He did not deserve what happened to him or how it has tragically ruined his sunset years afterwards. Mitch McConnell is one of the primary architects of the destruction of the First American Republic, which died on November 6th, 2024 and is currently being buried. If anyone deserves the pain my dad endured, it is that fucking piece of Kentucky Fried Shit.

I hope he did fracture his hip and is currently in agony. He can consider it acclimation time for his entrance (soon, much sooner than he would like) into hell.

[Traildogbob]

46. Was not

A window near by. At his age, a 4 foot fall could kill him.

[returnee]

47. Breaking news?

One can only hope.

[malaise]

48. Did he repeat this first?

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100219989874#post15

[UpInArms]

49. What a worthless

Flesh wrapped sack of bones

[sakabatou]

50. In the words of Jeremy Clarkson...

[Sneederbunk]

51. He appears to be OK, which is strange.

He wasn't OK before he fell down the stairs.

[Ray Bruns]

78. Too bad. Maybe next time?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

52. I hope it hurt.

[kimbutgar]

55. I guess the 🍊💩🤡 didn't like the comments he made about him on the 60 minutes show Sunday that was not aired

And you can only find it online.

Mitch don’t stand near any windows or balconies in the next few weeks.

[totodeinhere]

56. I don't normally wish bad health on anyone including Republicans. But in this case I wish he were bad off enough

to be forced to resign so the governor of his state Andy Beshear could appoint a Democrat to take Mitch's place. One more Democrat in the Senate would be nice.

[kelly1mm]

60. Just checked the KY law on Senate appointments. As I figured, the R's changed the law in 2024

so the the D governor of KY does not get to appoint a temporary replacement. Seat remains vacant till a special election.

[Carlitos Brigante]

61. He should be OK as long as he didn't end up on his back. nt

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[phylny]

62. Well, there's a reason why the doctors at EVERY APPOINTMENT ask if you've

fallen in the past six months.

I have nothing more to say on behalf of the senator.

Oh, one thing - FUCK YOU, Mitch.

Sorry.

Not sorry.

[Ms. Toad]

63. The man had polio - and he now has post-polio syndrome

That includes muscle and joint weakness that gets progressively worse. McConnell's physical mobility problems are no more of a concern than Duckworth's missing legs are.

That's not the same as freezing mid-sentence - which was the concern in 2023..

[JustAnotherGen]

65. Can someone

Push Trump down the stairs?

[AStern]

66. It's hard to feel bad for the man who refers to himself as 'The Grim Reaper'

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Anyone see that joke of a 60 Minutes interview?

[LudwigPastorius]

67. Exclusive footage...

[Ray Bruns]

79. Beat me to it. Dammit!

[rubbersole]

69. That 60 Minutes interview Sunday was dangerous to his balance.

"Coincidence takes a lot of planning,." - Malcolm Nance

[Mosby]

70. We need term limits. 75 yo.

For congress, Potus and the SC.

This is getting redic.

[forgotmylogin]

72. Thoughts and prayers.

We're going to have to start calling him "Crash" McConnell.

[magicarpet]

83. Thoughts & Stay-ers

[irisblue]

76. From the twitter account is MitchMcConnell dead yet

Link to tweet

[not a texan]

77. When it is an 82 year old person

Maybe they should call it a news flash instead of breaking news, especially after they got my hopes up with the headline only to find out he walked away from it.

[czarjak]

80. Just a shell of himself.

[LudwigPastorius]

84. If his personal history has tortoise anything, it's that...

he'll will be back to continue destroying the country in no time.

[czarjak]

95. What's left of it. He started it. May as well finish it. Dead Right. Dead Wrong.

I’ll take the former. I know they’re going down with The Ship.

[eppur_se_muova]

81. ... the yawning abyss of a Hellmouth ? No ? Then meh. nt

[Mike 03]

87. How many stairs are we talking?

More than five?

Ten?

[WarGamer]

88. video attached

[Katinfl]

89. So what?

He fell just like millions of other people his age do every day. He did not break a leg or hip and he got up and walked away. He is irrelevant now. His vote means nothing, he has no power in the GOP Senate anymore. He could have changed the course of history in the past, but not now. The die is cast and he is responsible. I really don’t care what happens to him.

[flvegan]

92. Oh no!

Anyway.

[SarcasticSatyr]

96. Oh no . . . anyway

. . . . .

[GreenWave]

101. Dramatic foreshadowing or why turtles and stairways do not mix well.

[JoseBalow]

103. Have a nice trip, see you next fall!

[gay texan]

105. His outer shell protected him

Tippy turtle had a tumble

[Joinfortmill]

106. He needs to retire before he kills himself

[Dennis Donovan]

107. If Mitch McConnell falls a third time today it's a hat trick per Senate bylaws and he gets to be majority leader again

Ken Klippenstein
‪@kenklippenstein.bsky.social‬
If Mitch McConnell falls a third time today it’s a hat trick per Senate bylaws and he gets to be majority leader again
February 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM

If Mitch McConnell falls a third time today it’s a hat trick per Senate bylaws and he gets to be majority leader again

— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein.bsky.social) 2025-02-05T19:50:08.966Z

[Wifes husband]

109. Do tell

Thoughts and prayers