Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was injured in a fall Tuesday, sustaining a minor cut to his face and a sprained wrist, but the seven-term Kentucky senator has been cleared to return to his duties, his office said.
A McConnell aide told reporters shortly after the incident, which took place following the Senate GOP lunch, that the 82-year-old senator had been checked out by a physician in his office. Medical staff were also seen leaving the office. McConnell, who is stepping down from his leadership post next Congress, was hospitalized after a fall in March 2023 that left him with a concussion.
“You all who have followed him closely know that he has a weak left leg and has occasionally taken a spill because of lasting effects from polio,” the aide said, adding that he wasn’t sure whether the previous health issue was the cause of the fall.
