McConnell admitted to hospital, spokesperson says
Longtime Kentucky Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized.
“Senator McConnell was admitted to the hospital this morning. He is receiving excellent care,” said Stephanie Penn, a spokesperson for McConnell, in a Sunday afternoon statement.
The statement did not say why he was hospitalized, nor if he is in Kentucky or Washington, D.C.
McConnell, 84, was previously hospitalized in February. At that time, he had checked himself in last week “after experiencing flu-like symptoms.”
He announced last year that he would not seek reelection to the seat he’s held since his election in 1984.
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