Democrats Demand Kevin McCarthy Apologize To Nancy Pelosi For ‘Hitting’ Joke
Democrats are calling on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (D-California) to apologize to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after audio revealed McCarthy said it would be “hard not to hit her” with a gavel if he becomes the new House Speaker after the 2022 midterm elections, which experts say he is favored to do. “Threatening violence against the Speaker of the House is no joke,” Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-New York). “This is the kind of reckless language that led to a violent insurrection.” This news comes after months of tension between the two leaders following the Jan. 6 insurrection, during...