Scandal in United States Congress over misogynistic and violent joke | Republican Kevin McCarthy said he would hit Nancy Pelosi with a hammer

The leader of the Republican caucus in the United States House of Representatives, Kevin mccarthyhe jokingly said at a fundraising dinner that he could hit with a hammer to the president of the organ, the democrat Nancy Pelosi. After the inappropriate joke, described as misogynist by their peers, he was asked to apologize or resign from his post.

It all happened this Sunday at a fundraising dinner in Tennessee, where McCarthy spoke optimistically about the prospects for his party to regain control of the House in the midterm election next year.

In this context, one of the participants handed him a big hammer. “I want you to see Nancy Pelosi hand this hammer to me; it would be hard not to hit her with it.McCarthy said with a laugh, according to a Washington Post reporter and a local Nashville reporter who were in attendance at the event.

Through this joke full of violence and machismo, McCarthy once again exposed the crossroads he has with Pelosi, who last week called his Republican counterpart an “idiot” for opposing the use of masks to tackle the coronavirus pandemic in the country, which is facing an epidemic due to the rapid spread of the Delta variant.

This Monday, after the broadcast of what happened, Representative Ted Lieu, from California, urged the Republican to apologize or step down, a call also repeated by California lawmaker Eric Swalwell.

“Violence against women is no joke”, for her part, tweeted Representative Teresa Leger Fernández of New Mexico, whose outrage was shared by many lawmakers. “Threatening political violence is no joke; these comments are misogynistic and dangerous ”, wrote.

“Language like this has led to violence and death on the United States Capitol. Kevin McCarthy knows his words matter.”Representative Debbie Dingell of Michigan also posted on Twitter referring to then-President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 speech to the crowd that invaded Capitol Hill as Congress certified victory election campaign of Joe Biden.

In this attack, which left more than 5 dead, youOne of the main targets of the protesters was Democrat Nancy Pelosi.