Senator Elizabeth Warren collapsed on the Senate floor Wednesday evening, falling backwards and tipping over a desk while attempting to sit down during a late-night voting session.
The 76-year-old Massachusetts Democrat was captured on video “moseying around” the Senate chamber’s blue carpet floors. Warren halted near the front of the chamber and attempted to lean back on one of the desks, but it suddenly tilted over and sent the senator crashing onto the floor.
Republican colleagues immediately rushed to Warren’s aid. Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois helped get Warren back on her feet. Cruz was seen giving Warren his hand as she got up from the embarrassing spill.
Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Rand Paul of Kentucky, and John Barrasso of Wyoming also walked over to offer assistance to their Democratic colleague.
The incident occurred during voting on two controversial resolutions proposed by socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders to block U.S. military sales to Israel. Warren voted in favor of the anti-Israel measures, joining Sanders, who has been described as a “harsh critic of Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.” Every Republican senator voted against the resolutions.
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🚨Elizabeth Warren just FELL on the Senate floor pic.twitter.com/J3GH6y0Red
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Warren’s fall adds her to a growing list of aging lawmakers who have had health concerns. Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, 83, often requires help to navigate the halls of Congress and has suffered multiple falls, including slipping on the marble floor of the Senate in February and another in December 2024.
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 85, tripped and broke her hip during a congressional trip in December 2024, requiring surgery in Germany and forcing her to use a walker upon her return to Congress.
The Senate continued its work Thursday, with Republicans successfully confirming several Trump appointees including Cheryl Mason as Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Gadyaces Serralta as Director of the United States Marshals Service, and Tyler Clarkson as General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture.