Sen. Mitch McConnell 'all good' after tripping, falling at US Capitol

Austin Horn, Lexington Herald-Leader on Oct 17, 2025

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Sen. Mitch McConnell is doing well after he was recorded tripping and falling in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, according to a spokesperson.

The senator was walking with a security detail in the Russell Senate Office Building when a member of the progressive group The Sunrise Movement began questioning him about Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and another member was filming.

McConnell tripped while he was walking and being asked a question; shortly afterward, he got up with the assistance of his security detail and waved goodbye to person capturing the video.

“He’s all good — went on to vote and ready to vote again at 1:30 p.m. to see if (Democrats) decide to fund our nation’s defense priorities or not,” a McConnell spokesperson wrote.

The video has been shared widely on social media.

In the lead-up to the incident, the person questioning McConnell asks, “do you support ICE taking working people off the streets and kidnapping them?”

At 83 years old and as a survivor of childhood polio, McConnell’s health has been the subject of speculation in recent years. He has fallen multiple times, and two on-camera freezes of his caught the eye of national media.

Earlier this year, McConnell fell down a set of stairs in the U.S. Senate.

After his fall in December of last year — which caused him to wear a bandage under his left eye and a medical brace on his left hand — a chorus of Trump supporters called on him to resign.

Before that, he experienced two high-profile “freeze up” incidents on camera. Both occurred during the summer of 2023— one at a news conference in Washington and another at an event in Northern Kentucky.

In March 2023, McConnell had to go the hospital after falling at a dinner event in Washington.

He is not seeking reelection in 2026 when his term is up.

The race to replace him in Kentucky has heated up ever since he announced his decision in February. Former Attorney General Daniel Cameron, U.S. Rep. Andy Barr and Lexington tech entrepreneur Nate Morris are all raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in their bids for the GOP nomination.

On the Democratic side, former McConnell opponent Amy McGrath has announced her run, as have three other candidates: Lexington attorney Logan Forsythe, Louisville-based former CIA officer Joel Willett and state House Minority Floor Leader Pamela Stevenson, a Democrat.