Posted on 08/01/2021 12:55:35 PM PDT by conservative98
Rep. Swalwell called minority leader a 'would-be assailant' of House speaker
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is facing calls to resign after he reportedly joked about hitting Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., with a giant gavel he was gifted at a dinner in Nashville Saturday evening.
According to reports, McCarthy was given an oversized gavel emblazoned with the words, "Fire Pelosi," by members of Tennessee's Republican congressional delegation during a dinner that also included speakers Gov. Bill Lee, and Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty.
McCarthy spoke optimistically about Republicans retaking the House in 2022 and him becoming speaker, and he asked the GOP donors in attendance to join him in Washington so they could watch Pelosi hand him the gavel, The Washington Post’s Michael Scherer reported on Twitter.
"It will be hard not to hit her with it but I will bang it down," McCarthy reportedly said.
Democrats cried foul over the reported joke, with some even calling for McCarthy’s resignation.
Rep. Eric Swalwell called the Republican a "would-be assailant" of the speaker.
"America has suffered enough violence around politics," the congressman tweeted. "@GOPLeader McCarthy is now a would-be assailant of @SpeakerPelosi. He needs to resign."
"Dear @GOPLeader McCarthy," tweeted Rep. Ted Lieu. "Don’t you think America has had enough political violence? You should never be encouraging or threatening or joking about causing violence to anyone, including the Speaker of the House. You need to apologize for your statement, or resign."
"Who else thinks Kevin McCarthy must resign for ‘joking’ about assaulting Speaker Pelosi?" tweeted Democratic Coalition co-founder Scott Dworkin.
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Hitting that witch with a gavel is too good for her
Pelousy deserves much worse.
Democrats sounding very desperate these days.
People who support Antifa and BLM want McCarthy to resign for making a “violent” joke.
Oh, the irony!
I suspect most people here will join the Democrats in calling for McCarthy to resign...and then the Democrats will figure out that they’re better off with McCarthy just where he is.
[[ tweeted Rep. Ted Lieu. “Don’t you think America has had enough political violence?]]
Dunno Ted- We’ll ask the politician prisoners who had the hell beat out of them by your side for no reason, and we’ll ask Ashley’s husband!
The snowflakes should shut up.
Pelosi needs to be tarred and feathered
Yawn, the fall of fox news is just staggering.
Yet the Democrats can applaud the shooting of republican congressman, and kamel toe can joke about knocking off Trump....
Wake me when fox is over!
She looks like she’s been hit by a truck a few times. Can’t hurt.
Reminds me of little kids fighting int he backseat on a trip: “He touched me! Make him stop looking at me. He touched me again!”
An Intelligence Committee member has a long-running affair with a Chinese spy . . . nothing. A Republican makes a smartass comment and screams go up for his removal. Amazing. Simply amazing.
And so what! Pelosi said she’d drag Trump out of the WH by his hair! And he was POTUS! No one said a damn thing!
No need for him to resign becaue McCarthy doesn’t have the fortitude to hit Pelosi or anyone else.
Bucket of water would be worse.
Nancy Pelosi said that, in politics, “when you’re in the arena, you have to be ready to take a punch, and you have to be ready to throw a punch … for the children.”
Sen. Jon Tester of Montana took it one step further, encouraging people to “punch Trump in the face.”
Throwing water on her would be much worse for her.
How does that saying go play with the devil get burned by the devil. The Republicans never ever learn do they?! The evil demonic rats never break party lines not like the effin backstabbing stupid RINOS!
Yep. Didn’t Pelosi threaten to fumigate, kill Trump with gaseous pesticides if Trump didn’t leave office? She has said worse. This was a joke.
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