Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls top House Republican 'a moron' on masks

by: Susan Ferrechio
2021-07-28
Source: Washington Examiner
07/28/2021

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy “a moron” after the chamber's top Republican questioned a new mask mandate for lawmakers.

“He’s such a moron,” Pelosi said when reporters asked her about McCarthy’s criticism.

The Capitol attending physician late Tuesday renewed a mask mandate in the House, citing rising COVID cases related to the delta variant.

McCarthy said the renewed mask mandate defies the science indicating vaccinated individuals are protected against serious illness from the COVID variant.