Article snippet: LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is recuperating at home in Kentucky after suffering a shoulder fracture in a fall Sunday, a spokesman said. McConnell tripped Sunday morning on his outdoor patio, but has been treated and released after getting medical attention, David Popp, a spokesman for the Kentucky Republican, said in a statement. The e-mailed statement said the 77-year-old McConnell is working from home in Louisville and ‘‘will continue to work from home’’ for now. The statement didn’t elaborate on where he received help or what treatment he received or the expected time needed for recovery. But it said McConnell has expressed his sympathies to the people of El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, following the recent mass shootings in those communities and that he had been in touch with two Senate colleagues for those states. McConnell, who is up for reelection next year and has aligned himself closely with President Trump, has recently been criticized for blocking election security legislation aimed at protecting the nation’s political system against foreign attacks. On Saturday the sixth-term senator attended Kentucky’s premier political event, where some Democrats wore ‘‘Moscow Mitch’’ shirts depicting the communist-era hammer and sickle and others heckled McConnell during the stump-style speaking at the Fancy Farm picnic. McConnell has pushed back hard against his critics, likening the attacks to ‘‘modern-day McCarthyism.’’ He receive... Link to the full article to read more