Video of Mitch McConnell with Bandage Around Head Is Partially Fake The U.S. Senate Republican leader suffered a fall in December 2024, leading a popular X user to alter a viral video from July 2023.

Video from Sen. Mitch McConnell's July 2023 "freeze" on camera was altered to claim it showed effects from a December 2024 fall.

A video shared on X allegedly shows Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell losing focus during a speech in which he is seen wearing a large white bandage on his forehead. Verdict: False This ...

The claim: Video shows Mitch McConnell with bandaged head after February 2025 fall A Feb. 6 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes a clip showing Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch ...

McConnell was not wearing a bandage on his head following the Feb. 5 episode, according to an NBC News photo showing the ...

Mitch wears a bandage on his face as he walks to cast a vote on the Senate floor on Tuesday afternoon. AP. Thune, 63, was voted by the Senate GOP conference to replace McConnell as leader of ...

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell leaves his office wearing a brace on his left wrist and bandage on his cheek as a result of a fall earlier in the day at the U.S. Capitol in Washington ...

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell fell and sprained his wrist while walking out of a GOP luncheon on Tuesday, the latest in a series of medical incidents for him in recent years. McConnell ...

Claim: A video authentically shows U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell wearing a large bandage around his forehead following a Dec. 10, 2024, fall, and freezing mid-sentence while at a ...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell wears a bandage on his face as he walks to cast a vote on the Senate floor after ...