Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell suffered a fall and in which he cut his face and sprained his wrist after Republicans’ weekly conference lunch on Tuesday afternoon, according to his office.
“Leader McConnell tripped following lunch,” a spokesman for the Kentucky Republican said in a statement. “He sustained a minor cut to the face and sprained his wrist. He has been cleared to resume his schedule.”
McConnell, 82, was treated by EMTs in his Senate office after the scrape, but his successor calmed nerves minutes later to announce the GOP leader was on the mend.
“He is fine. He is in his office,” incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told reporters after the accident.
Few details were provided of McConnell’s condition, though photographers apparently saw him with the cut on his face and medical personnel were spotted entering his Senate office.
He is believed to have slipped in a room outside of the Senate chamber.
Thune, 63, was voted by the Senate GOP conference to replace McConnell as leader of Republicans in the upper chamber last November.
The Kentucky sage announced in February that he was stepping down from his leadership position after the 2024 election.
That announcement came against the backdrop of multiple health