Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell tripped and fell at a hotel and was hospitalized, a spokesman for the senator said.

McConnell, 81, was attending a private dinner at a local hotel when he tripped. He was admitted to a hospital for treatment, spokesman Doug Andres told the press Wednesday night.

'This evening, Leader McConnell tripped at a local hotel during a private dinner. He has been admitted to the hospital where he is receiving treatment,' he said.

McConnell's office did not provide additional detail on his condition or how long he may be absent from the Senate.



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Find the guy that tripped him and I'll buy him a beer....

My heart is fucking broken!

Your friend Harry is calling, Mitch. He needs company to shoulder the burning.

Oh, and the Waldorf Astoria in D.C. where McConnell slipped and fell was formerly the Trump International Hotel. Lol.

Well, tripping and falling by an older person is not a joke. I did it last July and broke the Humerus in my left arm--I was laid up in hospitals and rehab facilities for almost 4 months.

I don't support Sen. McConnell in everything he does, but I don't wish situations like this on people.

flashguy

Let us hope it is nothing trivial

Yeah, for an old timer like The Turtle, a fall could be pretty serious.

I expect he'll show up with the requisite black eye, having been taught his lesson...

Maybe it'll knock some sense into him.

Unlikely, but we can dream can't we.

Well best of luck, falling at that age isn't good, maybe it will send him a message to go back to his Old Kentucky Home and retire.

If he does become incapacitated, KY's governor is a big left wing D, "Little Andy" Beshear, does he get to appoint a replacement, if so wonder if he'll put in Allison Grimes D, a hard core left winger of AOC likeness...

If I recall correctly he had polio as a kid which has caused some of the balance issues. In 2019 he sustained a fall fracturing his shoulder.

Time for a youthful replacement!

If he does become incapacitated, KY's governor is a big left wing D, "Little Andy" Beshear, does he get to appoint a replacement, if so wonder if he'll put in Allison Grimes D, a hard core left winger of AOC likeness...[/QUOTE]

Well I hope he heals and gets back to work, he will only screw us half as bad Grimes

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Originally posted by flashguy:
I don't support Sen. McConnell in everything he does, but I don't wish situations like this on people.

flashguy

It's the only way people like him will relinquish their power and rule over regular people.

At 81 years old and having "served" for so long, I have the belief he lost effectiveness long ago. Yet they keep holding on.

Maybe in addition to mental acuity, we should also just eliminate folks from public office for age and reduce the injury-from-walking occurences.

Heck, term limits would resolve 90+% of this.

Just saw a link in which aids are saying he's got a concussion, too. Nothing has been revealed about the manner of injury, but there is drinking at parties.

^^^^

https://www.breitbart.com/poli...alized-several-days/

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) suffered a concussion after tripping at a Washington hotel Wednesday evening and is expected to remain hospitalized for several days, a spokesman for the senator said.

LOL

Spooked By Jan 6 Footage, McConnell Withdraws Head Into Shell

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Originally posted by Edmond:

It's the only way people like him will relinquish their power and rule over regular people.

At 81 years old and having "served" for so long, I have the belief he lost effectiveness long ago. Yet they keep holding on.

The voters in Kentucky keep electing him. It isn't as if Mitch is barricaded in his office refusing to vacate, having lost an election.

Maybe there should be term limits, a view which I am coming more and more to as time goes on. But Mitch can't keep his seat if they don't keep electing him.

I'll be happy that McConnell kept another Obama justice off the Supreme Court. I don't agree with all of anything any politician does, but that is not nothing.

It probably is time for McConnell to retire, but I hope he recovers.

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Originally posted by Georgeair:
Heck, term limits would resolve 90+% of this.

As much thought as the Founding Fathers put into the Constitution, and as relevant as it still is after all these years; I can't believe they didn't add term limits.

I guess they considered it absurd that anyone would ever decide to become a slimy politician as a career choice.

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Originally posted by Ironbutt:

As much thought as the Founding Fathers put into the Constitution, and as relevant as it still is after all these years; I can't believe they didn't add term limits.

I guess they considered it absurd that anyone would ever decide to become a slimy politician as a career choice.

They had natural term limits - life expectancy at the time was around 38 years.

Interesting.