Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell hospitalized after fall, spokesman says
MARY CLARE JALONICK AND LISA MASCAROMarch 8, 2023
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell stumbled and fell on a Wednesday
Washington
hotel and was hospitalized, a spokesman for the senator said.
McConnell, 81, was attending a private dinner at a local hotel when he tripped. He was admitted to a hospital for treatment, spokesman Doug Andres said.
In 2019, the GOP leader, a childhood polio survivor, tripped and fell at his home in Kentucky, suffering a broken shoulder. He then underwent surgery to repair the fracture in his shoulder. The Senate had just entered summer recess, and he worked from home for a few weeks while he recovered.
The Senate, where the average age is 65, has recently been without a few members due to illness.
The office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), 90, said she was hospitalized last week to be treated for shingles.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), 53, who suffered a stroke last year while campaigning, was expected to be out for several weeks as he was being treated for clinical depression.
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