Mitch McConnell trips and falls while being confronted by protester [View all]
Source: USA Today
Oct. 16, 2025, 1:56 pm. ET
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, tripped and fell on Thursday, Oct. 16 while being confronted by a protester in the basement of a Senate office building. Videos of the incident show an activist, who identified herself as Stella, challenging the 83-year-old GOP lawmaker over President Donald Trump's immigration policies.
"Do you support ICE taking working people off the street and kidnapping them?" the protester asked while approaching McConnell and walking within inches of him.
As the former Senate majority leader rounded the corner of a desk, he fell on his side, catching himself with one arm. He grabbed a man standing next to him, who along with a Capitol Police officer helped him back up. McConnell then turned and waved, appearing to smile.
McConnell's press secretary, Stephanie Penn, told USA TODAY the senator was OK after the incident. "He's all good," she said Thursday afternoon. He "went on to vote and (was) ready to vote again at 1:30, to see if Dems decide to fund our nation’s defense priorities or not."
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