United States: controversy after the joke of a republican tenor about his desire to attack Democrat Nancy Pelosi

The joke did not pass at all.

During a fundraiser Saturday in the state of Tennessee, in the south of the United States, Kevin McCarthy, the leader of the Republicans in the House of Representatives, joked about his desire to physically assault the Democratic president of the United States. this institution, Nancy Pelosi.

The next day, he was ordered to apologize, or even to resign.

It all started with the presentation of a symbolic gift: during this evening, Kevin McCarthy received a hammer, the attribute par excellence of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

This present refers to the victory that the Republicans hope for in the midterm elections of 2022. In this case, Kevin McCarthy would replace Nancy Pelosi.

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"I want you to see when Nancy Pelosi gives me this hammer (...) It will be difficult not to hit her with", he said, adding however that in reality he would abstain, according to the Washington Post and a reporter from the local Nashville newspaper in attendance for the evening.

This little sentence immediately made the political class of all stripes react.

"Don't you think the United States has had enough political violence like this?"

Ted Lieu tweeted, Republican representative from California.

“You have to apologize or resign.

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Dear @GOPLeader McCarthy: 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.

https://t.co/jdP2bcmr5c

- Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 1, 2021

Michigan's elected Democrat Debbie Dingell also called for an apology.

"This kind of talk is what caused violence and death on Capitol Hill," she said, again on Twitter, in reference to the January 6 assault on the seat of Congress by a crowd of supporters. by Donald Trump.

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Teresa Isabel Leger Fernandez, Democratic Representative for New Mexico, tweeted, “Violence against women is no joke.

Political violence is no joke.

These words are misogynistic and dangerous.

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Violence against women is not a joke.

Threatening political violence is not a joke.

These comments are misogynistic and dangerous.

https://t.co/LdrpjnHWnZ

- Rep.

Teresa Leger Fernández (@RepTeresaLF) August 1, 2021

Nancy Pelosi and Kevin McCarthy's reports are conflicting.

The first had called the second a "fool" recently because he opposed the wearing of the mask in the face of the resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic.