Mitch McConnell’s Injury Explained: What Happened?

On March 8, Mitch McConnell fell at a Washington, DC hotel and sustained an injury that led to his hospitalization. So what happened and how serious was the senator’s downfall?

This isn’t the first time McConnell has made the news due to an injury or physical illness. In 2020, the internet was awash with questions about his dark purple and apparently injured hands. So health news regarding McConnell isn’t exactly surprising, although his fall could be serious.

According to a statement provided CNN According to a McConnell spokesman, his fall occurred after he tripped in a hotel on the evening of March 8.

“Tonight, Leader McConnell tripped during a private dinner at a local hotel,” the statement said. “He was taken to the hospital where he is being treated.”

McConnell is Kentucky’s longest-serving GOP leader and a fixture in US politics.

McConnell recently made headlines for his Support by essentially every Republican candidate in the 2024 election, apparently including former President Donald Trump.

Despite Trump comment Speaking of McConnell’s wife, former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, being “insane,” McConnell told reporters in February 2023, “Of course I will support whoever ends up being nominated.”

While no further details were given as to what led to the accident or how severe McConnell’s fall was, he was taken to a hospital for the fall. The accident reportedly happened at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. If that’s true, there are a few different hospitals nearby that McConnell may have been admitted to after his fall.

McConnell is 81 and, as mentioned, no stranger to physical issues or the rumor about them. In 2019 he suffered a breakup fall, this time at his home in Kentucky. He broke his shoulder at the time and later recovered from the accident.

His fall in March 2023 is his last publicized accident and details are still evolving.