All eyes are on one of Congress’ oldest members after a dramatic fall inside the Senate building caught everyone off guard. Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell has a documented history of freezing in public and taking dangerous falls. But his most recent tumble to the ground in a Capitol hallway has Black people reacting online.
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McConnell was on his way to a Senate vote when he was stopped by a reporter. The woman asked how the 83-year-old feels about ICE, and almost as if in direct response to her question, McConnell tripped over himself and fell to the ground. He made a recovery, being pulled back to his feet by several officials in the area, but as with many conservative politicians, Black Americans online remembered their touchy history with him.
“Satan doesn’t want Mitch McConnell down there either is the only explanation I have for why he’s still alive,” @Yamscasino tweeted. McConnell has often rubbed Black folks the wrong way with “insensitive” comments about Black voters and his close ties to President Donald Trump. Most notably, McConnell voted in favor of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which cut major funding for Food Stamp assistance and Medicaid.
@Mahogany_Mama wrote that if she was the reporter, then “I would’ve put the camera right in Money Making Mitch McConnell’s face. On the ground, or not, ‘Do you support ICE?’”
@essayjenkins tweeted that her issue with McConnell has nothing to do with his age. “I don’t question his mental ability to be a senator, okay with him falling or needing aid,” they said. “I am not okay with Sen. Mitch McConnell depriving Americans of access to the privileged healthcare he accepts or access to basic needs to live. I’m not fine w/ scapegoating & corruption.”
Some users called the clip “ironic” considering who was there to escort McConell after his fall. “The father of modern racism, Mitch McConnell, had to be helped to his feet by two Black Men after falling,” @IWasStarGazin said on X. “A little too ironic.”
“It’s beyond ironic and almost metaphorical in terms of this country that the people who bothered to help Mitch McConnell get up after he fell down were two black men,” @KwikWarren agreed.
“A scene out of Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte but with men,” @holybullies said. “Elderly Southern white folks seem always need Black folks to help them get around.”
@ItsGresh wrote, “Dawg just go home and stay there.”
“This shit is so pitiful,” @TheKingofReads said.
The video prompted many folks to discuss a potential age cut off for politicians. “You shouldn’t be allowed to serve in office past 70,” @MalikMcYeet said.
Others agreed. “83 year old senator. this mf clearly need to be in a home,” @Alan_sbg wrote. “S**t is a joke.”
@HumpA_55 tweeted, “That man don’t even know where he is.”
@MYTHALLICA said that McConnell’s fall is “KARMA” because “This demon stood 10 toes down to block any and every progressive motion that could’ve had our country in a much better place by now. Now this old bitch can barely stand at all.”
Many users cracked jokes like @LBrothersMedia, who wrote, “Looks like he slipped on some ice…”
@aliabdi hilariously said, “one of these days he’s going to just collapse into a heap of clothes and a turtle is gonna arise from those clothes like a raging pheonix.”
Even comedian Kev on Stage said from now on, he’s going to “Mitch McConnelling my way out of tough questions.”
“N***a cant even walk and he determining laws and my life,” @GKTRE_ said.
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