A spokesman for McConnell said the 82-year-old senator is "fine" and using a wheelchair “purely as a precautionary measure."

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,

Moments after Mitch McConnell voted to confirm President Donald Trump's pick for HUD secretary, the 82-year-old Kentucky senator fell down the stairs, according to multiple reports.