Spokesman: GOP leader McConnell hospitalized after fall
A spokesman for Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized after tripping and falling Wednesday at a hotel
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Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell tripped and fell Wednesday at a 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 survivor of childhood polio, tripped and fell at his home in Kentucky, suffering a shoulder fracture.
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