Pelosi and McConnell’s homes vandalized

The homes of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were vandalized days after Congress failed to approve a measure to increase coronavirus stimulus checks to 2000 dollars.

Photos taken on Saturday showed the words “WERES MY MONEY” scrawled in white spray paint on the front door of McConnell’s home in Louisville, Kentucky. “MITCH KILLS THE POOR” was written in red on a window.

“I have spent my career fighting for the First Amendment and defending peaceful protests. I appreciate every Kentuckian who has embarked on the democratic process, whether he agrees with me or not,” said the Republican leader in a statement. “It’s different. Vandalism and the politics of fear have no place in our society.”

McConnell said he and his wife were not intimidated, but “let’s hope our neighbors in Louisville won’t be too inconvenienced by this drastic tantrum.”

The Louisville Police Department did not immediately return a request for comment on Saturday.

In Pelosi’s house in San Francisco, a garage door was knocked down on Friday with phrases like “$ 2,000”, “Cancel the rent!” and “We want it all!”

Police said a pig’s head and fake blood were left on the ground.

The special investigations division of the San Francisco Police Department is investigating the vandalism, police said in a statement. Pelosi has not yet responded to a request for comment.

The House passed the CASH Act on Monday to increase stimulus payments from $ 600 to $ 2,000 to help people during the coronavirus pandemic, but it was blocked by McConnell who said the bill had “no realistic way to move quickly to the Senate “.

“The Senate will not be forced to pour more borrowed money into the hands of wealthy friends of the Democrats who do not need help,” he told the Senate.

The law would have increased the checks from $ 600 to $ 2,000 and was supported by President Donald Trump.