Key takeaways:
- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been discharged from the hospital after being treated for a concussion and a rib fracture.
- McConnell will now go to an inpatient rehabilitation facility for a period of physical therapy before returning home.
- McConnell has served as the Senate Minority Leader since 2007 and is the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Kentucky’s history.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been discharged from the hospital after being treated for a concussion and a rib fracture. On Monday, McConnell’s communications director, David Popp, released a statement saying that the 81-year-old had been expected to stay at the hospital for a few days of observation and treatment.
Popp also revealed that the fall McConnell suffered at a GOP event in downtown D.C. had resulted in a minor rib fracture. The statement said that McConnell’s medical team had discovered the fracture over the course of treatment this weekend.
At the advice of his physician, McConnell will now go to an inpatient rehabilitation facility for a period of physical therapy before returning home. Popp said that McConnell’s concussion recovery is progressing well.
McConnell has served as the Senate Minority Leader since 2007 and is the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Kentucky’s history. He has been a key figure in the Republican Party for decades and is currently the most senior Republican in the Senate.
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