FOG BLOG U.S. POLITICAL NEWS: HOUSE MINORITY LEADER , MITCH McCONNELL FALLS & SUFFERS CONCUSSION!

Mitch McConnell suffers concussion in fall, will remain hospitalized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is being treated for a concussion after falling Wednesday evening and is expected to remain hospitalized “for a few days,” a spokesperson announced Thursday afternoon. “The Leader is grateful to the medical professionals for their care and to his colleagues for their warm wishes,” spokesman David Popp said. McConnell is expected to remain in the hospital for observation and treatment, he added.

The 81-year-old senator was attending a private dinner at a Washington hotel when he tripped.

That dinner followed a reception at the Waldorf Astoria for the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC that raises unlimited donations to support GOP candidates, where McConnell spoke earlier in the evening.

Senators received an update on McConnell’s condition on Thursday afternoon at a private lunch, where they were told he would remain in the hospital for several more days, several senators said. Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), a member of McConnell’s leadership team, said after the briefing that he had not spoken to McConnell since the fall but that he was under the impression that he was “awake and talking.”

“I expect him to make a full recovery,” Barrasso said.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said they were told McConnell was “up most of the night” in the hospital, but in “fine spirits.” Senators were told McConnell is following a concussion protocol that means he’s been kept awake for hours.

As of early Thursday afternoon, many of McConnell’s top deputies, including Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, said they had not spoken to him personally yet.