'Absolutely immature': Kevin McCarthy mocked and pilloried for mask 'mandate' meltdown
Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday had a meltdown on the House floor, attacking Speaker Nancy Pelosi after she called him a "moron" for his opposition to the new congressional mask requirements.
At one point during his speech on Wednesday McCarthy sneered that Democrats "wanna mandate, they wanna impose, they wanna tell you when you can go to school, when you can eat – you know what they're going to do if you walk into this building without a mask? They're gonna charge you $500. Why? 'Cause they got the power to do it."
While railing against the House's mask mandate, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) shamelessly says of Democrats:\n\n"They wanna mandate, they wanna impose, they wanna tell you when you can go to school, when you can eat."pic.twitter.com/c0MBqRmQt1— The Recount (@The Recount) 1627506785
This is how McCarthy bragged about what he was about to do:
I'm headed to the House floor to call out President Biden and Speaker Pelosi for their indecision, ignorance, and incompetence.\n\n\u2192 A CDC that can\u2019t make up its mind\n\u2192 An administration that doesn\u2019t follow the science\n\u2192 Politicians who abuse their powerhttps://republicanleader.house.gov/live/— Kevin McCarthy (@Kevin McCarthy) 1627504375
In speaking with reporters McCarthy claimed the new CDC guidance was based on a study out of India that was not "per-reviewed," he said, meaning not "peer-reviewed." (NCRM found nothing to substantiate his charges.) He also attacked Speaker Pelosi by saying, in his own unique style, "Do as your say but not as she does."
There is tremendous outrage to be seen in the responses to McCarthy's remarks today, but perhaps none greater that Congressman Tim Ryan, who blasted McCarthy as "immature and appalling."
Ryan: Just stop with this craziness. We\u2019re trying to be safe. We\u2019re trying to protect our family members.. and the minority leader mocks thatpic.twitter.com/4yVmj0N8e0— Acyn (@Acyn) 1627506139
Here's how some others are responding:
Kevin McCarthy cares more about protecting insurrectionists than he does about protecting police \u2014 or the hundreds of thousands about to die from COVID. \n\nThis is only part of what makes him #MoronMcCarthy.— Tristan Snell (@Tristan Snell) 1627507435
But of course the Rs want to tell us when and how we can vote, what we can do with our bodies...I could go on.
— Jocelyn🇺🇸 (@JoceH) July 28, 2021
As opposed to mandating what a woman has to do with her pregnancy
— TheSheaKitten (@SheaKitten) July 28, 2021
He means public schools with specific start and end times? WOW, that's unimaginable. I've heard that at some schools they even ring bells telling you to go to your next class.
— ⭐️ Merrily vaccinated and not into coups!⭐️ (@MerrillLynched) July 28, 2021
This man is frightened.
— Seytom (@Seytom1) July 28, 2021
"They wanna mandate, they wanna impose, they wanna tell women when to have children, that they can't take birth control, that people of color can't vote"
— Samantha Sanderson (@SamSanderson123) July 28, 2021