Sen. Mitch McConnell Fractures Shoulder in Kentucky, Spokesman Says

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at the Capitol in Washington on May 14, 2019. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images

Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell fractured his shoulder at his home in Kentucky on the morning of Aug. 4, his office said.

“This morning, Leader McConnell tripped at home on his outside patio and suffered a fractured shoulder,” David Popp, McConnell’s spokesman, said in a statement, reported CNN. “He has been treated, released, and is working from home in Louisville.”