Mitch McConnell falls during Senate Republican lunch

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News

December 10, 2024, 2:52 PM


Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell fell during the Senate Republican lunch on Tuesday. It was initially unclear if McConnell, 82, was injured or what the severity of the fall was. Two medical responders were seen briefly entering his office and then departed.

Shortly afterward, McConnell's office put out a statement that he had sustained a "minor cut" to the face and a "sprained wrist" from the incident.

"Leader McConnell tripped following lunch. He sustained a minor cut to the face and sprained his wrist. He has been cleared to resume his schedule," his spokesperson said.

Newly-elected Senate Republican Leader John Thune, who will take the mantle from McConnell in January, was asked about McConnell's fall during the Republican press conference after the lunch. "He's fine, he's in his office," Thune said, deferring further questions to McConnell's staff.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mitch-mcconnell-falls-senate-republican-lunch/story?id=116650005

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[magicarpet]

1. Oh my,...

So did it snow in Washington DC last night, it did in Detroit ? Excuse me, I have to go change my cat litter box.

[jimfields33]

21. When he leaves probably sooner than his term is up,

I wonder who they will replace him with.

[Dulcinea]

47. He won't finish his term. nt

[splat]

2. Overmedicated?

I was dizzying and dropping till I cut back on Losartan and Furosemide. Still take them, but lower doses and I haven't had a recurrence since.

I think as your body heals you need to ease off the heavy drugs you may not need so much of any more. You know you.

[Woodycall]

48. I'm on Losartan

How much do you take a day? I'm on 100 mg and I only get a little dizzy (briefly) when I get out of the car after driving an hour or more.

[splat]

68. 50 mg now, at night

I was taking 75 but I fainted if I had a cocktail!

[Hope22]

3. That will happen when you are 82.

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Check him for Covid. My 82+ family member always falls, hits head, when she has Covid. We find that out after the ambulance ride. Mitch! Go home where your people can watch out for you. You’ve done more than enough harm here!

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Yes and it can happen at any age

and obviously moreso if you have some kind of imbalance or weakness in muscles, etc. But if that had happened to Biden, everything would have been shoved off of the news site front pages to pound on it, and the story would go on for days 24/7.

[Hope22]

17. This exactly!

The President continues to work and hold it all together! So proud!

[TexasBushwhacker]

20. I'll be 68 next month

If there's something to trip on, my toe will find it. I have always been a klutz!

[justhanginon]

25. Same here. I am 88 and a few years back I stubbed a toe and evidently broke it.

Now I have a crooked toe (no hindrance) and walk very carefully and depending where I am somewhat tentatively. Also now always wear shoes or slippers around the house.

[sheshe2]

54. Not Biden...

The better analogy would be Nancy.

If Nancy Pelosi did a face plant they would have talked about it endlessly before shoving her out of the House! Look what they did to her after her husband was attacked.

[BumRushDaShow]

57. One might also include Hillary

which was pounded 24/7 ahead of the election along with the "butter emails".

[sheshe2]

66. So true.

[BumRushDaShow]

67. They followed her around like rabid dogs

and every little slip on a step was documented and magnified.

I think Kamala wearing her "Chucks" at many of her interviews and when getting on and off AF2 at least reduced the chances for RW loon-magnified "stumbles" since she usually wears heels!

[COL Mustard]

64. Mitch's imbalance

Is of the moral kind. As in, he has none.

[FakeNoose]

8. I've only had one very mild case of Covid

It wasn't much to talk about, except that I did experience a couple days of dizziness or vertigo. It's a strange feeling that comes and goes, for someone who isn't used to dealing with it.

[Hope22]

13. So glad it was mild!

The dizziness is crazy for sure!

[UpInArms]

12. Gotta fix that last sentence for you

You’ve done more than enough harm!

[Hope22]

16. Fixed it for you!🤣😁🤣😁

Happy Holidays! 🙏🏼💗

[UpInArms]

26. Thank you!

Even better!

[LogDog75]

4. Did he land....

shell-side up or sell-side down?

[lastlib]

22. Yes.

Wouldn't it be fun to play "spin the turtle" with Mitch?

[DENVERPOPS]

44. Or, even better,

make him a post turtle......

[eppur_se_muova]

6. That must have been very unsettling for poor Mitch ... like losing your footing in front of a pack of hyenas.

I hope he remembered to shout "I'm not on the menu! I'm not on the menu!".

[FarPoint]

7. Why is he not using a walker?

A rollator style with a seat would do just dandy.

[Blue_Roses]

39. Or at least a cane

I think he's being stubborn about using any assistance because he doesn't want to appear weak.

[Attilatheblond]

61. Ah, vanity. The hallmark of GOP pols. Doesn't appear weak, except those weird brain farts on national TV

Face plants happen when we get on in years. Better a cane than gravel up one's nose, but image is all to those with abnormally tender egos.

Cane, walker, physical therapy to help get some muscle strength and balance back, it all helps but won't stop the ticking of one's clock. But egos are the easiest thing to trip over.

[Blue_Roses]

69. Well said!

[True Blue American]

59. Those with a seat are heavy. After I broke my ankle

I found one at Amazon, weighs 7 lbs, goes in my car when I go to my 6 AM water aerobics class.
I could not lift the one with a seat in my trunk. I have sold several when people see it.🫠

[JoseBalow]

9. You're not helping... Why is that, Leon?

[Zorro]

27. Leon doesn't help helpless tortoises

[Ray Bruns]

58. Just don't ask about his mother.

https://m.

[Basso8vb]

10. My 83 year old uncle died on Friday due to a fall.

He was the sweetest man you'd ever meet.

I hope Mitch is in agony.

[Blue_Roses]

41. Oh, I'm so sorry for your loss

Falling is one of the main reasons for injury as we get older. If you don't mind me asking, what happened? I slipped and fell in a store, because there was something on the floor that I didn't see. I ended up in the ER with a concussion.

[LudwigPastorius]

11. This, along with the "freezes" he's had, reinforces the theory that he has serious neurological problems.

He seems to want to go out like Rehnquist. They're going to have to pull a meat wagon up to the Senate chamber to drag his carcass out of there.

[pfitz59]

14. He'll be like Strom Thurmond

An upright vegetable carted in and out by his 'aides'. Communicating via 'text' or other 'aide' written communique. He's already slurring words.

[cstanleytech]

15. If only he'd fallen and broken his neck 20 years ago along with about 70 million other assholes.

[iemanja]

40. This ghoulishness is disgusting

How would you feel if someone spoke about you that way?

[cstanleytech]

49. No one ever said you had to agree with it so move along.

[iemanja]

50. I'll speak out when I see something that merits it.

Your opinion is your own problem.

[cstanleytech]

56. You're entirely within your right to express your opinion as am I though.

[SheilaAnn]

18. He may have vertigo. I have to sit immediately when it comes on. I hate it. n/t

[bluestarone]

28. You are so right

I had spinning so bad i had grab on to things to stay standing.. It was unreal. Needed to go to therapy to fix the crystals in my inner ear tubes.

[UniqueUserName]

19. Remember "Mommy, Mommy jokes"?

the one with the punchline: ""Don't make me laugh while my lips are chapped" ?

/sarcasm

[cactusfractal]

23. Oh. So what's everyone doing for dinner? nt

[JoseBalow]

24. I was looking forward to the moralizing about celebrating his stroke

[Dem4life1970]

29. Not trying to be rude...

ahem, but if, you know, he has to be replaced, does Beshear replace him with a Democrat? I would.

[BumRushDaShow]

34. The KY legislature

passed a law in 2021 that explicitly required appointing someone of the same party (until a Special Election) - Here's how Kentucky's law works for filling U.S. Senate vacancies

and then later came back around this year and took the governor completely out of the process - Republican-passed bill removes role of Democratic governor if Senate vacancy occurs in Kentucky

[Dem4life1970]

62. It's what they often do at the State level

The GOP has had an advantage because they have focused so much at the local and state levels for decades. We are playing catch up in many ways.

[BumRushDaShow]

65. At one time

Democrats were highly invested in state/local offices but then it often reaches the point where "human nature" demands some kind of "hierarchy", and that is when the corruption ( "party machine" / factions) sets in (see NJ, NY and other places). The same is happening or about to happen to the GOP in their states where "they eat their own" (we saw a little of that starting with Paxton in TX).

[kacekwl]

30. Well bless his heart..

[Irish_Dem]

31. Probably has a hospital bed and medical staff in his office.

With constant care to keep him going and pretending to be semi-alive.
All on the taxpayer dime.

[Upthevibe]

32. BumRushDaShow........

IMHO, McConnell has contributed greatly to the situation in which we find ourselves (esp. SCOTUS).

He's a horrible excuse for a human being...

[DENVERPOPS]

45. Also

the ENTIRE Republican Senate was complicit, along with Trump and McConnell........Neither of them could have pulled anything off without the entire Republican Senate.........It was THEM that voted not guilty on both of his impeachments, not Trump or McConnell.....

[quakerboy]

33. He wont be the last.

No guarantees, but I wont be surprised if uppity senators start falling out of upper windows next year.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

37. Moscow Mitch didn't fall hard enough or soon enough. Needed to be about 120 G and 40 years ago.

[yaesu]

38. How many times did he bounce and how high? nt

[iemanja]

42. As someone who has taken numerous falls

broken my arm and both of my ankles, I feel badly for him. No one should wish ill on another human being.

[True Blue American]

60. On this I agree

I broke an ankle in a fall, Mitch broke his shoulder. I wis he would go away but not fall. He had polio as a child. That causes problems in later life.

[Blue_Roses]

43. He's always had a limp from

having polio as a child. It's probably gotten worse as he's gotten older.

[Hassler]

46. Unless he votes against everything Maga-Loco wants I hope he keeps falling

[JohnSJ]

51. Is anyone in the media going to suggest he should step down because of his age, or that only is reserved for Democrats.

[brush]

52. McConnell, fu_k, you're 82. It was long past time to hang 'em up the last time you fell.

Not to mention the time you were dithering for several minutes in front of a mic at the Senate.

Those steep capitol steps are just waiting to get you again.

[niyad]

53. May he receive everything he deserves.

[AKwannabe]

55. Oh?

Darn

[COL Mustard]

63. Mitch didn't fall...

Satan just tried to give him a head start.

[C0RI0LANUS]

70. The story behind the story about Sen McConnell getting hurt and medically treated on Capitol Hill.

The benefits that members of the US Congress enjoy, like Republican Senator Mitch McConnell when he injured himself, are breathtaking. Besides the extraordinary pension plan, restaurants, gyms, and barbershops at their disposal, our Senators and Congressmen have an Attending Physician to treat them with hassle-free paperwork: None


Rear Admiral Brian Monahan, Attending Physician to Congress

Members of Congress do not pay for the individual services they receive at the Office of the Attending Physician (OAP), nor do they submit claims through their federal employee health insurance policies. Instead, as of 2009, members pay a flat, annual fee of $503 for all the care they receive. The rest of the cost of their care is paid for by federal funding from the US Navy budget.

This reminds me of the old Soviet Politburo.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attending_Physician_of_the_United_States_Congress

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL30631

https://www.opentable.com/r/members-dining-room-at-us-house-of-representatives-washington

[BumRushDaShow]

71. Members of Congress (and their staff)

are still required to to get general coverage from an ACA exchange after that law was enacted (versus the regular government FEHB plans) - https://www.opm.gov/frequently-asked-questions/insure-faq/health/as-a-member-of-congress-or-designated-congressional-staff-why-am-i-no-longer-able-to-be-covered-by-an-opm-contracted-fehb-plan/