Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was hospitalized after tripping at a hotel Wednesday night.
"This evening, Leader McConnell tripped at a local hotel during a private dinner. He has been admitted to the hospital where he is receiving treatment," David Popp, his spokesman, said in a statement.
McConnell fell after an event for the Senate Leadership Fund — a Republican super PAC aligned with McConnell and GOP leadership — at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, two senators who attended told NBC News.
Vito Maggiolo, a spokesman for the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department, said Thursday morning that an "adult male" was transported from the Waldorf Astoria at 9:17 p.m. Wednesday, and the call was dispatched after a report of a fall at the hotel. The person was transported to a local hospital and "notes did not indicate patient condition," he said.
He said he could not specify whether the person who fell was McConnell or which hospital he was taken to, citing privacy issues under a federal law restricting release of medical information.
One senator told NBC News on Thursday that they have been in touch with a McConnell family member. "I can tell you that he's going to be OK," the senator said.
In remarks on the Senate floor Thursday morning, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said he called McConnell and spoke with his staff.
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"My thoughts this morning are with my good friend Leader Mitch McConnell, who is recovering from in the hospital after an accident last night," Schumer said. "This morning I offer a prayer of strength and healing for the leader and his family. I called the leader this morning and spoke briefly with his staff to extend my prayers and well wishes."
Multiple senators on Thursday said that they haven't yet heard from McConnell and do not have information about his condition.
"No, I haven't spoken to him directly," Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters.
"It was an SLF event," said Thune, a McConnell ally, adding that he was at the reception with McConnell but did not witness the fall as he left after the reception for another event.
McConnell stayed for the SLF dinner, Thune said. "I mean, we have I think very limited information on it."
A different Republican senator told NBC News they have been trying to find out more about McConnell from Senate leadership but haven't gotten answers.
"No, we haven't heard anything," Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said. "Nobody's passed anything down the line to any of us. We haven't heard."
"We'll get a briefing today at lunch," Tuberville added.
In 2019, McConnell suffered a shoulder fracture after he tripped and fell at his home in Kentucky. The GOP leader underwent surgery for the fracture.
The incident was first reported by Punchbowl News, a politics news website.
McConnell was first elected to the Senate in 1984, and in 2020 was re-elected to serve a seventh term.
He was the Senate majority leader from 2015 until early 2021, when Democrats became the majority after the 2020 elections.