A video shared online shows Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D- Mass.) falling on the Senate floor during a vote Wednesday (July 30) night.
Footage showed Warren, 76, waving at someone before appearing to lean back on a desk and falling to the ground. Republican Senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Susan Collins of Maine rushed over to help her, but Warren appeared to get up on her own. Multiple other senators were also seen walking over toward Warren to attempt to give her assistance after her fall.
The incident took place as the Senate took a vote on two resolutions to block military sales to Israel, both of which Warren voted in favor of.
The resolutions were proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I- Vt.), who has been an outspoken critic of Israel's war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Every Republican in the majority Senate voted against the resolution.
Warren has served as Massachusetts' senator since January 2013, having been re-elected for a third term in 2024, and the vice chair of the Senate Democratic caucus since 2017. The 76-year-old had previously ran for president in 2020 and was briefly considered a front-runner before her campaign dwindled, withdrawing after Super Tuesday on March 5, 2020.