Chuck Schumer offers prayers to Mitch McConnell after hospitalisation

Chuck Schumer has offered Mitch McConnell his well-wishes after the Senate Minority Leader was hospitalised with concussion after a fall at a hotel.

The Kentucky senator was attending a private dinner in Washington on Wednesday, 8 March, when he tripped and fell, his spokesperson said.

"I called the leader this morning and spoke briefly with his staff to extend my prayers and well-wishes. My thoughts are also with Leader McConnell's family and his team," the Senate Majority Leader said on the Senate floor on Thursday.

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