In late 2024, McConnell injured his wrist and cut his face after falling during a Senate event. The following year, in February 2025, he fell in the Capitol building and needed a wheelchair as a ...

Then Trump questioned whether McConnell had polio. By Steve Benen Even during Donald Trump’s first term as president, he didn’t exactly have a good relationship with Sen. Mitch McConnell.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is seen with a bandaged face and wrist brace following a stumble and fall earlier at lunch at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Dec. 10 ...