Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized after tripping at a hotel
has been hospitalized after tripping at a local hotel on Wednesday evening, a spokesman for the senator said.
The Kentucky senator, 81, was attending a private dinner in Washington when he tripped. He was admitted to a hospital for treatment, spokesman Doug Andres said. McConnell’s office did not provide additional detail on his condition or how long he may be absent from the Senate., suffering a shoulder fracture. At the time, he underwent surgery to repair the fracture in his shoulder. The Senate had just started a summer recess and he worked from home for some weeks as he recovered.when the new Congress convened, breaking the previous record of 16 years.
The taciturn McConnell is often reluctant to discuss his private life. But at the start of the COVID-19 crisis he opened up about his . He described how his mother insisted that he stay off his feet as a toddler and worked with him through a determined physical therapy regime. He has acknowledged some difficulty in adulthood climbing stairs.Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., 53, who suffered a stroke during his campaign last year, was expected to
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