REPUBLICAN SENATORS SAY OUTGOING GOP LEADER  MITCH MCCONNELL (R-KY) IS FINE AFTER FALLING IN WASHINGTON, D.C. DURING THE REUBLICANS’ WEEKLY LUNCH TUESDAY.

REPORTS INDICATE THE SENATE MINORITY LEADER SUFFERED A CUT TO HIS FACE AND MEDICAL PERSONNEL WERE SEEN LEAVING HIS SENATE OFFICE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

MCCONNELL’S DEPUTY, JOHN THUNE, TOLD REPORTERS “HE IS FINE. HE’S IN HIS OFFICE.” MCCONNELL’S OFFICE ADDING THAT HE HAS BEEN CLEARED TO RETURN TO WORK.

THE 82-YEAR-OLD HAS DEALT WITH OTHER HEALTH ISSUES OVER THE YEARS – INCLUDING TWICE FREEZING UP IN FRONT OF REPORTERS FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME DURING PRESS CONFERENCES.

HERE’S VIDEO FROM ONE OF THOSE INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED JULY 26, 2023.

MCCONNELL WAS THEN LEAD AWAY BY OTHER GOP SENATORS.

AN AIDE FOR THE LONGEST SERVING SENATE PARTY LEADER LATER TOLD REPORTERS MCCONNELL SAID HE HAD FELT LIGHTHEADED AND NEEDED TO STEP AWAY FOR A MOMENT.

MCCONNELL DECIDED EARLIER THIS YEAR HE WOULD STEP DOWN AS GOP LEADER, HOWEVER, IT’S UNCLEAR IF HE WILL SEEK RE-ELECTION IN 2026.

THUNE WAS ELECTED BY REPUBLICANS LAST MONTH TO SERVE AS NEXT CONGRESS’S  SENATE MAJORITY LEADER, SHORTLY AFTER PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP WON THE ELECTION.