The minority leader, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, was taken to the hospital on Wednesday night after falling at a hotel in Washington, D.C., according to his spokesperson.
In a brief statement released early on Thursday morning, the spokesperson, David Popp, stated that Leader McConnell had fallen this evening at a nearby hotel during a private dinner. “He is receiving treatment at the hospital where he has been admitted.”
Before the accident on Wednesday, Mr. McConnell had stayed late in the Capitol to support Republicans in their victory over a new District of Columbia criminal code that reduced mandatory minimum penalties for some severe felonies.