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.
