Republican Senator Severely Injured In Traumatic Fall – Suffers Concussion, Brain Bleed

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) slipped on ice and fell at his home Monday, which caused a severe concussion, a seizure, and a slight brain bleed.

“Late yesterday afternoon, I walked to my backyard intending to retrieve a piece of conduit which came off my dock and was laying on the ice. While walking on the hill down to the dock, I stepped on ice and evidently fell hard, hitting the back of my head. I do not remember anything from the fall until arriving at Sanford Health emergency room with Kris,” Cramer wrote in a Facebook post.

“After seeing the emergency doctor, taking some tests, including a CT Scan, and seeing a neurologist, I was diagnosed with a severe concussion, a seizure, and a slight brain bleed. The wound on my head wouldn’t stop oozing, so the doctor punched a couple of staples on the laceration and admitted me. I had a good night sleep before getting a second CT Scan,” he continued.

“I am better today with only a slight brain bleed and pretty bad headaches. Doctors prefer I rest a little longer before returning to DC, so I do not know exactly when that will happen. It will be day to day this week, but I am ready to return quickly if events require it,” he added.

Sen. Kevin Cramer, 64, falls on ice, suffers concussion and ‘slight brain bleed’ https://t.co/uXSO3jcNsy pic.twitter.com/QE9oFvip1K

— New York Post (@nypost) February 25, 2025

ABC News reports:

Cramer was diagnosed with a severe concussion and suffered a seizure and slight brain bleed, he said. A doctor applied staples to the injury on his head and admitted him.

“It will be day to day this week, but I am ready to return (to Washington, D.C.) quickly if events require it,” Cramer posted Monday.

He posted photos of a smear of blood in the snow and ice, and the staples in his head.

On Tuesday, Cramer posted that he was recovering at home in Bismarck with anti-seizure medication, and his “head still hurts a bit, but I sleep a lot.”

The Republican was reelected last year to a second term in the Senate.

U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota is recovering at his Bismarck home after injuring his head over the weekend when he slipped on ice. https://t.co/7Q2cMm0zUk

— ABC News (@ABC) February 25, 2025

U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer says he’s recovering from a severe concussion, a seizure and a slight brain bleed after slipping on the ice at his home in Bismarck on Sunday https://t.co/olHEutEp0P

— The Bismarck Tribune (@bistrib) February 25, 2025

From the New York Post:

Cramer the second GOP senator to take a nasty spill in recent weeks, with Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) having scraped his face and sprained his wrist in a December fall on Capitol Hill.

Senate Republicans already passed their version of a multitrillion-dollar budget framework to advance President Trump’s agenda last week.

They also confirmed some of Trump’s most controversial cabinet officials before Cramer took the tumble — including Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and FBI Director Kash Patel.

Education Secretary-designate Linda McMahon, whose nomination cleared committee last week, could still be put up for a floor vote in the coming days.

With the North Dakotan’s absence, the GOP conference in the Senate shrinks to 52 members, which is still a majority.

Cramer also suffered tragedy late last year when his son Ian was sentenced to 28 years in prison following a high-speed car chase that ended in the death of a sheriff’s deputy.