WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Outgoing Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday fell following a lunch meeting, and was spotted walking back to his Capitol office followed by a medical team, U.S. media reported.
McConnell was escorted back to his office by Senate Republican Conference Chair John Barrasso, who hosted the Republican lunch meeting, according to The Hill.
A medical team transporting a wheelchair was spotted following McConnell into his office, the report noted.
McConnell, 82, has served as GOP leader since 2007, and is the longest-serving leader in the Senate history.
McConnell announced in February that he would step down from the position at the end of the year.
In November, the Republican Party flipped four seats from the Democratic Party in the Senate, winning back the majority in the upper chamber.
U.S. Senate Republicans then elected John Thune, a senator from South Dakota and the current Republican whip, to succeed McConnell as the next majority leader in the upper chamber. ■