U.S. Senator Mitt Romney recovering after fall that led to a 'lot of stitches'

[March 02, 2021]    (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."

U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) speaks with reporters about potential efforts to raise the minimum wage at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

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.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

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