Mitch McConnell Hospitalized After Fall at D.C. Hotel

Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the minority leader, was hospitalized on Wednesday following a fall at a Washington, D.C. hotel, a representative informed USA Today.

“This night, Leader McConnell tripped at a regional hotel throughout a personal supper,” David Popp, the senator’s interactions director, informed the outlet. “He has actually been confessed to the medical facility where he is getting treatment.”

The 81-year-old Republican was very first chosen to the Senate in 1984, and is the longest serving celebration leader in Senate history. McConnell acted as bulk leader from 2015 to 2021. In 2019, the senator suffered a shoulder fracture after tripping at his Kentucky house.

Following in 2015’s midterm elections, Rick Scott tried to oust McConnell as the top Republican in the Senate. After stopping working, McConnell booted Scott from the prominent Senate Commerce Committee.

The choice followed Scott’s statement to launch a “Plan to Rescue America” that consisted of raising taxes, finishing the border wall and calling it after Trump, and sunsetting all federal legislation in 5 years — consisting of Medicare.

“We will not have as part of our program a costs that raises taxes on half the American individuals and sundowns Social Security and Medicare within 5 years,” McConnell said in 2015 after Scott launched his strategy.

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