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No Talk With McConnell Since Head Injury

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., alongside other senate Republicans, speaks to members of the media on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  • The No. 2 Senate Republican has kept in touch by text with GOP Leader Mitch McConnell since a recent fall and concussion but has not yet talked directly to the Kentucky legislator, he told reporters Wednesday.
  • “I have not spoken with him,” Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the GOP whip said. “I have communicated with him, but I look forward to making that happen.”
  • McConnell is currently one of three senators out for medical reasons.
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