The 81-year-old Kentucky senator is due to stay in hospital for a few days of observation and treatment, according to his spokesman. President Biden has wished the US Senate Republican leader a « speedy recovery ».
One of America’s most powerful politicians is being treated in hospital after suffering a concussion in the US capital.
Mitch McConnell, who is the Republican leader in the Senate – the upper chamber of Congress – tripped and fell at a hotel on Wednesday evening.
The 81-year-old had been at the Waldorf Astoria Washington DC attending a private dinner for the Senate Leadership Fund, a campaign committee he is linked with.
The Kentucky senator is due to stay in hospital for a « few days of observation and treatment », his spokesman David Popp said.
Mr McConnell « is grateful to the medical professionals for their care and to his colleagues for their warm wishes », he added.
