U.S. Senator Mitt Romney Recovering After Fall That Led to a 'Lot of Stitches' [View all]

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By Reuters, Wire Service Content?March 1, 2021, at 11:41 p.m.



(REUTERS) - REPUBLICAN Senator Mitt Romney said on Monday that he was recovering after a fall over the weekend that knocked him unconscious and led to "a lot of stitches."

The Utah Republican said that he "took a fall" while in Boston as he was visiting his son and grandchildren.

Romney told reporters he went to a hospital to get stitches.

The senator was seen on Capitol Hill with a black eye and stitches above his eye and his lip.

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Romney recovering after weekend fall left him with stitches, bruises
"I went to CPAC. That was a problem," joked Romney.

March 1, 2021, 6:37 PM CST
By Frank Thorp V and Dartunorro Clark

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said Monday that he is recovering after a fall over the weekend knocked him unconscious and resulted in "a lot of stitches."

Romney was seen on Capitol Hill with a black eye and stitches above an eye and his lip. He told reporters that he "took a fall" while in Boston visiting his son and grandchildren.

He briefly pulled off his mask, showing a puffy and bruised upper lip.

"Yeah, I had kind of a tough, tough weekend. ... I went to CPAC. That was a problem," he joked, referring to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, where former President Donald Trump spoke Sunday. Romney voted to convict Trump in both of his impeachment trials, earning him the ire of Trump and his allies. Trump lashed out at Romney and other Republicans who voted to impeach or convict him during his speech Sunday.

Romney said he went to the hospital to get stitches but did not disclose whether he was admitted overnight.

"I asked the doctor how many stitches, and she said, 'I don't know,'" he said.

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