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Mitch McConnell was escorted out of the Capitol in a wheelchair at the Capitol on Wednesday after the 82-year-old senator fell twice in short succession.

One of McConnell’s falls occurred on stairs outside the Senate chamber, causing “panicked looks to flash across his congressional staff and security detail,” reported The Hill.

A group, which included his Republican colleagues Steve Daines and Markwayne Mullin, reportedly rushed to surround McConnell and help him back to his feet.

He was able to walk on his own to a Senate lunch, but he fell again during the lunch meeting.

“Senator McConnell is fine,” his spokesman Dave Popp said later. “The lingering effects of polio in his left leg will not disrupt his regular schedule of work.”

A source close to the senator said the wheelchair is being used for precautionary purposes.

McConnell, the third oldest member of the Senate, who will turn 83 on Feb.

20, was spotted in a wheelchair in the Capitol later Wednesday.

The falls are the latest scares for McConnell, who infamously froze twice while speaking with reporters in 2023—firs

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