Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, walks toward his office after voting in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Washington, on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is recuperating at home in Kentucky after suffering a shoulder fracture in a fall Sunday, a spokesman said.
McConnell tripped Sunday morning on his outdoor patio, but has been treated and released after getting medical attention, David Popp, a spokesman for the Kentucky Republican, said in a statement.
The emailed statement said the 77-year-old McConnell is working from home in Louisville and "will continue to work from home" for now.
The statement didn't elaborate on where he received help or what treatment he received or the expected time needed for recovery.
Democratic Presidential Candidate Beto O'Rourke blasted President Donald Trump, blaming him for the deadly mass shooting in El Paso, Texas.
On Saturday the sixth-term senator attended Kentucky's premier political event, where some Democrats wore "Moscow Mitch" shirts depicting the communist-era hammer and sickle and others heckled McConnell during the stump-style speaking at the Fancy Farm picnic.
McConnell has pushed back hard against his critics, likening the attacks to "modern-day McCarthyism." »
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