Graffiti, a pig's head, and even painted profanity
: Properties of Senate Leader Republican Mitch McConnell and House Leader Nancy Pelosi were vandalized this week after the Congress will
not approve the expansion to $ 2,000
of stimulus checks for the coronavirus, whose current value is $ 600.
A painting on the door of the McConnell leader in Louisville, Kentucky, read this Saturday in English and in capital letters:
"Where's my money"
and "Mitch kills the poor."
Under the mailbox, a profanity addressed to the Republican senator was also painted.
A police spokesman said the act of vandalism occurred around 5 a.m. this Saturday, according to The Associated Press.
So far, adds WAVE station, a local affiliate of our sister network NBC News, no suspects have been identified.
A graffiti with the graffiti in English "Where's my money" was seen this Saturday on the door of Republican Senator Mitch McConnell in Louisville, Kentucky. AP / AP
Outside of Pelosi's home in San Francisco, California, someone painted graffiti and
left a pig's head and red paint
on New Year's Day, police said.
The act of vandalism was reported around 2 a.m. local time on Friday, according to a statement from authorities.
A special investigations unit is trying to identify those responsible.
"We want it all," read one of the sentences painted on the property, apparently referring to failed efforts by Democratic lawmakers to increase coronavirus relief checks from $ 600 to $ 2,000.
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McConnell issued a statement Saturday condemning the act of vandalism at his Louisville home.
"I have spent my career fighting for the First Amendment and defending peaceful protest," he said.
"I appreciate all Kentuckians who have been involved in the democratic process, whether they agree with me or not. This is different.
Vandalism and the politics of fear have no place in our society,
" he added.
McConnell said he and his wife are not intimidated by the vandalism.
"We just hope that our Louisville neighbors aren't too uncomfortable with this radical tantrum," he said.
On New Year's Day,
Senate Republicans refused to allow debate
on a bill to increase the amount of relief checks for the COVID-19 crisis.
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The increase, supported by President Donald Trump, was approved by the Democrat-led House of Representatives, but McConnell blocked it.
McConnell said the bill "did not have a realistic path to pass quickly."
The Senate leader considered that the check would
benefit those who do not need it
.
"The Senate will not be bullied into giving more loaned money to rich friends of the Democrats who don't need the help," he said.
The federal government has begun sending the $ 600 check to millions of Americans after Congress passed this measure in late December.
With information from AP, NBC News, WAVE, NBC Bay Area