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Mitch McConnell Concussed by Fall, Will Remain in Hospital for Days

The Senate minority leader fell at a dinner event in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night.

Mitch McConnell clasps his hands as he speaks in a building on Capitol Hill

REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

By Alec Karam

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has a concussion and will remain in the hospital for a few days, his communications director said Thursday afternoon. The GOP leader “is grateful to the medical professionals for their care and to his colleagues for their warm wishes,” a statement said. The 81-year-old’s fall at a dinner event in a Washington D.C. hotel Wednesday night wasn’t his first fall in recent years. In 2019, he fractured his shoulder after falling in his Kentucky home.

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