A quick Google fact-check would have saved CNN from wearing egg on its proverbial face. But that would require – *cough* – real journalistic research. And this is CNN.

After the press conference in the Rose Garden on Monday, McConnell took a stumble going up the Rose Garden steps. President Trump was right there, and acted as support and balance to help McConnell up. This did not go unnoticed by CNN reporter Daniella Diaz.

That hand-lock between Trump and McConnell, though. https://t.co/xFClDYCmdQ

— Daniella Diaz (@DaniellaMicaela) October 16, 2017

Har har har. The reason McConnell has a problem with stairs sometimes? He had polio as a child. You know who reminded Diaz of that? Her own colleague at CNN, Manu Raju.