‘Has not much to give’

California Democratic President Nancy Pelosi on Saturday mocked House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California for saying he would bet his own house that Republicans would take control of the lower house the year next.

During a Saturday panel at CPAC with Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana and US Conservative Union President Matt Schlapp, McCarthy said he was so convinced Democrats would lose their majority in the House in 2022 that he would bet his own house on it.

“We are going to get the majority. We are at five seats,” he said. “I would bet my house. My personal house. Don’t tell my wife, but I will bet it. It’s the smallest majority Democrats have had in 100 years.”

Pelosi responded within hours of McCarthy’s appearance at CPAC in a statement to Newsweek.

“No one should be surprised that the Minority Leader is willing to bet his house. McCarthy has little to give after sacrificing his integrity by trying to void $ 1,400 survival checks for Americans who are trying to make ends meet during a deadly pandemic, ”the statement said. emailed by Robyn Patterson, Deputy Director of Communications at Pelosi.

Newsweek contacted McCarthy’s office for comment.

Republicans lost control of the House to Democrats in the 2018 midterm election. However, the GOP thwarted expectations of the 2020 election cycle by toppling several lower house seats when they were supposed to. lose more than a dozen.

McCarthy and Pelosi have traded blows in recent weeks over President Joe Biden’s $ 1.9 trillion stimulus package.

On Friday night, two hours before the House voted to pass sweeping stimulus legislation, McCarthy slammed Democrats for pushing the relief bill, which he called the “Pelosi Payoff Bill.”

“Congress will not pass this bill until 2 am Saturday,” McCarthy said. “Why? Because Democrats are so embarrassed by all the non-COVID trash in this bill that they are scrambling it in the middle of the night.”

Earlier this month, Pelosi mocked McCarthy for being cowardly in refusing to censor GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for her past support for QAnon’s conspiracy theory.

“After several conversations and literally fleeing reporters, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Q-CA) made it clear that he refused to take action against conspiracy theorist representative Marjorie Taylor Greene,” a statement released by Pelosi’s office on February 3.

As a result, the House will continue with a vote to strip Greene of his seat on the House Committee on Education and Labor and the House Budget Committee. McCarthy’s failure to lead his party effectively hands over the keys. to Greene – an anti-Semite, adherent QAnon and 9/11 Truther. “