Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell fell during the Senate Republican lunch on Tuesday.
Newly-elected Senate Republican Leader John Thune, who will take the mantle from McConnell in January, was asked about McConnell’s fall during the Republican press conference after the lunch.
“He’s fine, he’s in his office,” Thune said, deferring further questions to McConnell’s staff.
McConnell’s office has not yet released a statement.
McConnell, who has walked with a limp after overcoming polio at a young age, has taken previous falls.
On Tuesday, Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican Leader, fell during the Senate Republican lunch.
Uncertainty surrounds the extent of the fall and whether McConnell, 82, was hurt. After briefly entering his office, two medical responders left.
At the Republican press conference following the lunch, John Thune, the recently elected Senate Republican Leader who will succeed McConnell in January, was questioned about McConnell’s decline.
Thune said, “He’s fine, he’s in his office,” handing off any more inquiries to McConnell’s employees. No statement has yet been issued by McConnell’s office.
After recovering from polio at an early age, McConnell has a limp and has fallen before.
A lengthy absence from the Senate was the consequence of one fall in March 2023 at a Washington hotel. After the incident, McConnell suffered a fractured rib and a concussion, necessitating hospitalization and outpatient rehabilitation, which prevented him from spending six weeks on Capitol Hill.
Although the Capitol physician later cleared him to work, McConnell also raised concerns following two incidents last year in which he seemed to freeze in front of television cameras.
In February, the longtime senator from Kentucky announced his resignation from the position of leadership he had occupied for twenty years.
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