# Mitch McConnell falls twice in Capitol **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 6, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937 "2025-02-06T00:54:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/21 "2025-02-06T18:18:48Z")
Tommy Tuberville spent most of the last term blocking important promotions just by refusing to adhere to the courtesy of unanimous consent. The Democrats have lots of tools at their disposal, even as a minority. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/22 "2025-02-06T19:17:29Z")
And here’s one example of how to obstruct. [Senate Democrats vow rare overnight session to protest Trump’s ‘most dangerous nominee’](https://thehill.com/homenews/5129355-senate-democrats-vow-rare-overnight-session-to-protest-trumps-most-dangerous-nominee/) > “We’re going to take the floor for 30 hours,” he said, referring to time allowed for debate under Senate rules, before going on to describe Vought as the “architect of the dismantling of our federal government.” > > Democrats have been going all out against Vought’s nomination, which Senate Minority Leader [Chuck Schumer](https://thehill.com/people/chuck-schumer/)(D-N.Y.) said on Wednesday will be opposed by “all 47 Democrats” — which includes the two independent senators who caucus with the party. > > “And we will take the floor early this afternoon and spend the whole night discussing how bad this nomination is and how it badly affects working families,” he said. It will fail, to be sure, but that’s the fate of the minority. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/23 "2025-02-06T20:29:14Z")
Too bad it didn’t happen at the top of a long flight of stairs. And about 20 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/24 "2025-02-07T01:21:33Z")
> **[Mitch McConnell Vows To Continue Falling Down Stairs In Face Of Fascist Takeover](https://theonion.com/mitch-mcconnell-vows-to-continue-falling-down-stairs-in-face-of-fascist-takeover/)** > > WASHINGTON—Rebuking President Trump’s decision to pardon Jan. 6 rioters, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) staunchly vowed this week to continue falling down stairs in the face of an apparent fascist takeover. “I can no longer physically stand upright for... ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/25 "2025-02-07T18:09:39Z")
There are some real tripping and slipping hazards in the Capitol. I happened to walk in the statues hall (statuary?), distracted myself and fell on the floor. But at least I didn’t get hurt like McConnell or Nancy Pelosi. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/26 "2025-02-07T18:42:54Z")
Did Pelosi slip and fall at some point in DC? The only tumble I’m aware of happened a couple of months ago, about twenty minutes from my house, here in Europe (it was very **[big news](https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/2259290.html)**). ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/27 "2025-02-07T18:50:57Z")
You’re right - oops my mistake! I must have been distracted when I heard about Pelosi’s hip fracture. Falling on marble/down some stairs can be hell on the bones. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/28 "2026-02-16T20:20:42Z")
This isn’t about McTurtleface falling, but I didn’t want to start a new thread. * * * Ouch–this has to **smart**! > # Mitch McConnell is taking a beating in the race to replace him > > _Three GOP candidates, all former McConnell interns, are keeping their distance as they seek to align with President Donald Trump._ > > [https://wapo.st/4qAuSpZ](https://wapo.st/4qAuSpZ) > One Republican candidate to succeed Sen. Mitch McConnell introduced himself with an ad that shows a cardboard cutout of the longtime Senate majority leader in the trash. > > Allies for a rival hit back with ads that noted the first candidate gave McConnell money. > > And Daniel Cameron, the former Kentucky attorney general once considered a McConnell protégé, is now keeping his distance. > > “I’m my own man,” Cameron said in an interview, later suggesting McConnell donors prefer one of his opponents. > > The Senate primary to replace 83-year-old McConnell shows how profoundly the GOP base in his home state has soured on one of the most powerful and significant political figures in Kentucky history. … This makes me think of St. Peter in the Garden of Gethsemane, “Who? That dude? Never saw him before in my life!” I guess Unca Mitch was hoping for something like loyalty? > … > While he at times expressed frustration or anger with President Donald Trump, McConnell used his political muscle to cement much of the president’s first-term legacy, including a 6-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court that has helped pave the way for an even more disruptive second term… Thanks for that, you S.O.B. 🤬 > But many in the MAGA movement still view him as the embodiment of the GOP establishment that sought to hold Trump back. Three former interns for McConnell have distanced themselves while running to succeed him, pitching themselves as “America First” Republicans in Trump’s mold. > … When McConnell is cited as an example of past Republican reasonableness, we are indeed doomed. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/29 "2026-02-17T02:10:51Z")
I wonder whether McTurtle now wishes had pushed for conviction in the second impeachment trial. He might just have succeeded and we wouldn’t be in this shit show. If wishes were horses… ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2026, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/30 "2026-02-17T12:01:40Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I guess Unca Mitch was hoping for something like loyalty? From MAGAts in general or Trump in particular? I’d assumed he was smarter than that. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/31 "2026-06-30T20:21:02Z")
Here’s a 10 minute update from Keith Edwards on Youtube talking about Mitch McConnell’s current whereabouts. Lots of it is him ranting about what a terrible person Mitch is (which I do not disagree with) but there are two interesting things in here: first, the 911 dispatcher sent ALS as in “advanced life support”. Second, one of McConnell’s security guys is sitting in a car parked outside of George Washington University Hospital. So I guess that means he’s not dead, at least as of this moment. Here’s the video: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/agGDuSs8-VI/maxresdefault.jpg "BREAKING: Mitch McConnell found unconscious") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agGDuSs8-VI) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/32 "2026-06-30T22:15:37Z")
That was 16 days ago. I haven’t seen anything since, except a story from a TV station in Kentucky that said McConnel is still in the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/33 "2026-06-30T22:24:08Z")
He’s not voting this week, but his aides claim that he’s “recovering”. > [@](#): > > On June 30, a member of his team said via email that the Kentucky senator was recovering and still working closely with his staff. Until we know more, we will keep this claim unrated. > > In an email regarding McConnell’s health, spokesperson Stephanie Penn directed us to a statement from June 24, ahead of the Senate gaveling out of session, that read: “Senator McConnell is still working closely with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters as he continues his recovery. However, he will not be voting this week.” > **[Is Mitch McConnell dead? What we know about his health](https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/06/30/mitch-mcconnell-death-rumor/)** > > Rumors that the Kentucky senator had died or was near the end of his life spread on social media in June 2026. I’m guessing that he’s not dead, but he’s also not conscious. (In Mitch’s younger days, that was called “pulling a Woodrow”) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/34 "2026-06-30T22:55:08Z")
“He was then transferred to a better hospital, where his condition was upgraded to ‘alive.’” ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/35 "2026-06-30T23:16:04Z")
I will send Mitch my thoughts and prayers. What those thoughts and prayers are, are probably not anything he’d want to know about. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/36 "2026-07-01T00:56:05Z")
> [@Kent\_Clark](#): > > That was 16 days ago. Just to clarify the timeline, the 911 call was 16 days ago. The security guy from Mitch’s detail was sitting in a car outside as of yesterday (June 29th) per the on site reporter in the video. I can’t imagine they’d pay a guard to sit there and do nothing if he wasn’t actually there. I don’t think he’s dead yet. Someone else gets that job when he’s gone and they probably want it more than they want anything they could accomplish by pretending Mitch is alive. Also, dead men merit no guards and he’s got two carloads sitting outside. As soon as he dies they’ll hustle over to his house so they can start burning documents. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/37 "2026-07-01T01:10:26Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > I can’t imagine they’d pay a guard to sit there and do nothing if he wasn’t actually there. I don’t think he’s dead yet. Someone else gets that job when he’s gone and they probably want it more than they want anything they could accomplish by pretending Mitch is alive. Yeah, common sense suggests that he’s alive (which is why there is protection for him) but if he has been in the hospital for over two weeks, it’s something extremely serious. (Which given his age and recent medical incidents is not a big surprise.) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/38 "2026-07-02T01:48:24Z")
Turns out McConnell was hospitalized after suffering cardiac arrest. > **[Paramedics responded to a ‘cardiac arrest’ at Mitch McConnell’s home on day...](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/paramedics-responded-cardiac-arrest-mcconnells-home-day-hospitalizatio-rcna352660)** > > McConnell’s office hasn’t disclosed why the former Senate majority leader was hospitalized on June 14. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/39 "2026-07-02T01:52:32Z")
Surprising to me that someone of his age and health has lived over two weeks since a cardiac arrest. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitch-mcconnell-falls-twice-in-capitol/1013937/40 "2026-07-02T02:06:57Z")
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