Matthew Boyle 3 Sep 2020 Washington, DC
House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is calling on every single House Democrat to answer for what he called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “privilege†after she broke coronavirus lockdown and public health restrictions in San Francisco to get her hair done without wearing a mask.Excerpt:
In his statement to Breitbart News, McCarthy said Pelosi cannot spin her way out of this.
“After her hypocrisy was exposed, instead of taking ownership of her own negligence, she is now blaming and bullying the business owner, a San Francisco resident, who has struggled for the past six months to provide for her family,†McCarthy said. “There is no way to spin this; the senior Democrat elected leader in Congress ignored local ordinance and is now looking to blame someone else.â€
Pelosi’s refusal to accept responsibility and be held accountable for her own actions has caused a political firestorm just two months from the election. CNN’s Chris Cillizza even called her actions an in-kind contribution to President Donald Trump’s reelection, and CNN anchor Don Lemon on Wednesday night said Pelosi should have just admitted she messed up and moved on. Now that she has dug in, Republicans are seizing on this as a moment that demonstrates Democrats’ elitism—and something that may seriously hurt down-ticket Democrat House candidates. McCarthy said in his exclusive statement to Breitbart News that every House Democrat must answer for Pelosi’s misconduct.
“Every single House Democrat, including those who pretend to be moderate, like T.J. Cox, Lizzie Fletcher, and Peter DeFazio, should have to answer for Pelosi’s privilege,†McCarthy said.
For Republicans to retake the House majority in November, they need to flip a net 17 seats from Democrat control back into GOP hands. There are 30 districts that Democrats currently represent that Trump won in 2016, and there are another dozen or so districts that Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton won in 2016 that the GOP feels it can compete in to take seats from Democrats. In total, there are 42 districts that Republicans say they are stronger in than the southern California seat that Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA) won in the special election this year in a seat vacated by disgraced former Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA) when she resigned amid a sex scandal with staffers in her office.
