(CNN) – Senator Mitch McConnell tripped and fell on the basement floor of the Capitol Thursday.

The fall happened while McConnell was walking to the Senate floor.

FILE -Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the former Senate Republican leader and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, leaves the chamber as the Senate votes to reject a war powers resolution authored by Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, aimed to affirm that Trump should seek authorization from Congress before launching more military action against Iran, at the Capitol in Washington, June 27, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite | AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Republican senator was holding on to his security detail when an alleged protester walked up beside him to ask about immigration raids.

The 83-year-old briefly let go

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