Mitch McConnell Falls Again

[angrychair]

While walking the halls of the Senate, McConnell was being asked a question by a reporter as they walked and is seen reaching out for the arm of his aide and then falls to the ground. He gets back to with the help of the aide and a capital police officer and continues on his way back to his office.

Video:

Senator Mitch McConnell just suffered a fall in Washington.

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yasharali.bsky.social) 2025-10-16T16:33:17.126Z

[malaise]

1. Wow this racist has two African-American aides

Meh! He fell ages ago. Call me when it’s fatal.

[DallasNE]

40. About 20 Years Ago

I was walking down the street near the Vietnamese wall and met Jeff Sessions. The aide beside him was a tall black man. Could have been security too, but he was dressed in a suit.

[Coldwater]

2. Medically speaking

is falling better than freezing?

[Maru Kitteh]

48. Like all things it depends, but generally, falling

Is less bad, as long as the freezing (or some other major issue) isn’t causing the falling.

The freezing is always due to a brain problem, whether it’s seizure activity or something impeding circulation or a bleed. Falling can happen to anyone and becomes a more frequent occurrence as we age due to inevitable decline in muscle coordination and decreased proprioception, a normal part of aging.

[Redleg]

3. Time to retire, Mitch

I say this as a constituent and also as a person who would not like to see you die or get seriously hurt on the job. As much as I have opposed your many action as Senate majority leader, including not voting to remove Trump from the presidency, I am a liberal and can actually feel compassion for a fellow human being.

[Grim Chieftain]

25. Very ethical response

Kudos to you, Redleg.

[Redleg]

26. LOL. I am feeling compassionate today

Tomorrow- perhaps I will be back to my normal edgy self.

[wnylib]

41. Oh my. You are a much better person than I am.

[h2ebits]

44. I agree with you. Old people (and I am one of them) resist using walkers despite advice.

That is my experience with my very old relatives (in their 90's) before their deaths. Adjustments to accommodate yourself to aging and using the tools available is difficult.

I hope that I have learned from them. . . .

[Deep State Witch]

4. Inner Ear Issues

He may have some inner ear issues going on. A doctor might want to examine him to see if he still has a functioning brain.

[rubbersole]

39. I assume his eyesight is shot.

Two African American aides is the tell.

[Mike Nelson]

5. If I were a Mitch man...

... I'd retire and spend my money on family fun. Maybe his family doesn't like him? I don't know... I hope he gets a wheelchair and lives 20 more years. I want to him to see what decisions like the Supreme Court thefts do to the USA, and how we recover from his mistakes.

[sheshe2]

17. Maybe RFK Jr's brain worm didn't die after all.

Perhaps the worm was female and passed along its offspring. 🤔

Sort of like story on Rod Serling’s Night Gallery called The Caterpillar

[LisaM]

20. He has daughters from his first marriage who are liberal.

I don't know whether they like him, but they don't see eye to eye on politics.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. That looked like it hurt. Good.

I hope when that man's time comes, that he leaves with a heavy weight of regret.

[Renew Deal]

7. No one wants to see him die on the job

It's crazy that he can't step away.

[Aristus]

10. Hi. I'm No One. Nice to meet you.

I don't mind if he dies on the job; just as long as it's sooner rather than later. He's the reason we're in this shit.

[mr715]

11. Ehhhh... It makes me feel like a bad person but...

I can see him dying on the job and it NOT being too bad a day for me.

[Dulcinea]

37. He won't retire.

He finally has the power he's craved for his entire miserable life. They'll carry him out of the Senate in a pine box. I hope Andy Beshear takes his job one day.

[dalton99a]

8. Clearly a sign from God

[Tetrachloride]

9. the minus sign, or the exclamation mark, or

…

or

Corpus Christi, 500 miles.

[ms liberty]

19. God keeps sending him that sign, and Mitch keeps ignoring it.

Maybe he should listen to her?

[CTyankee]

12. As an old person myself, I can identify with his plight, but as a Dem I will strongly oppose both his politics and

his character. Go home, Mitch. Get out of our lives forever!

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

13. They need to put him back in his shell. A low center of gravity would benefit him.

[ms liberty]

21. OMG. DU'zy!

[twodogsbarking]

14. Is the floor ok?

[twodogsbarking]

15. He was being asked about ICE raids I read. If we had only known earlier that would be all it took.

Moscow on line one.

[leftstreet]

16. Forcing him to work. Elder Abuse!

So many people make so much money off this poor, sad elderly man

In the real world, someone would have already referred him to Adult Protective Services

[orleans]

18. replies:

Still trying to die on camera

— ee cummings’ energy (@macgeneralatx.bsky.social) 2025-10-16T16:34:39.246Z

It's the best we can hope for. Anything else they'll blame on us.

— Pop Tartarus (@jack-a-dandy.bsky.social) 2025-10-16T16:36:24.540Z

Even that will be blamed on us. They’ll use AI to doctor the video and say antifa killed Mitch

— (@capillariancrest.bsky.social) 2025-10-16T16:40:09.120Z

Or Biden left a banana peel on the floor

— (@cjbenedict.bsky.social) 2025-10-16T16:43:46.721Z

and this shows a bit more before the fall & how unsteady he was; he didn't just trip

83 year old Senator Mitch McConnell just tripped and fell while being asked about ICE

— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein.bsky.social) 2025-10-16T16:34:18.133Z

[JoseBalow]

27. "Empathy for fascists is violence against the peaceful."

Some good comments in that thread.

[JoseBalow]

22. Better luck next time

Fingers crossed!

[Emile]

23. Time to retire Mitch!

[Skittles]

45. WAY past time

yes INDEED

[not a texan]

24. Down Goes Frazier, Down Goes Frazier

[twodogsbarking]

28. Sing along with Mitch...

I fall down, but I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I fall down, but I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down

I fall down, but I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down
I fall down, but I get up again
You're never gonna keep me down

edit for those not old
Sing Along with Mitch was a music television show, led by choral director Mitch Miller, that ran from 1961 to 1964. Each episode consisted of Miller's male chorus singing old, familiar standards, along with famous songs from movies and Broadway shows. Certain episodes had a theme (holidays, vaudeville, romance, the circus, etc.) and the hour's musical selections would be staged according to the theme. The emphasis was on the men's voices, usually accompanied by only an accordion and a rhythm section.

[Clouds Passing]

29. You're too old Mitch. Step down.

Isn’t that what y’all were saying about Joe Biden?

[PittBlue]

30. Why won't these people retire?

Cannot give up the power or money. We need term and age limits.

[MurrayDelph]

36. He wants to serve out the rest of this term.

If he leaves early, the Democratic government will appoint his replacement (Being Republicans they tried to dig the rules). Mitch is afraid that the change might start unfucking all the fuckery he's decided his life to.

[Warpy]

31. Falls are a major cause f disability and death in old folks

Nerve conduction is much slower, so even if we still have good balance, we can;t react fast enough to prevent falling if we trip on something like uneven pavement or a wrinkled carpet.

It's one of those scary things as you get older.

If McConnell doesn't start using something like a rolling walker or even an electric chair, he's going to kill himself.

[mercuryblues]

32. Looks like he slipped in some orange Trump shit.

Not that he'd ever admit it.

[UTUSN]

33. K&R- it's a portent

[susanr516]

34. Post Polio syndrome? N/T

[ironman_25]

35. Rat bastard

I hope it's a sign of a long slow extremely painful terminal disease.

[C Moon]

38. Why the hell is he still working? He doesn't need the money.

[Wednesdays]

46. But his friends do.

Well, his friends don't need the money either. But they think they do.

[VanceFan]

42. No sympathy

Die soon Mitch, hell is tired of waiting.

Of all his horrible acts, robbing Obama of a SC seat was one of the worst, and then rushing in Barrett at the last moment later.

[Wifes husband]

43. Mitch falls again

Thoughts and prayers

[unc70]

47. Likely after effects from polio

Looks like his leg just gave way. I have a leg that does that every 2-3 weeks where I shattered my femur 30 years ago.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

49. He pushed one of his handlers away

And tried walking on his own for the cameras. He took a few tentative steps like a two year old toddler before grabbing at his handler's arm and falling.

Meh.