Anger grows as Republican Kevin McCarthy jokes about hitting Nancy Pelosi

^ That woman is wearing a corset.

He is such a vile piece of garbage!

Take the joke and move on.

Spoiler alert: he will never be Speaker.

The Republicans don’t know it yet, but they are gonna have a real turnout problem on their hands. They’re trying to rerun the same Socialism playbook that they ran against Obama and there is just no appetite for that.

The Republicans are trying to imitate their ape-like leader Trump, and be as crude and violent as he is.

It will all end in tears.

I am actually surprised that Speaker Pelosi called him a "moron."

Her inner New Joisey Italian came out. Kind of funny, really. She's usually pretty lady-like.

There's going to be a rumble...under the bridge.

R5 is right. They're all just a bunch of trump wannabes... sad little idiots.

[quote] Her inner New Joisey Italian came out. Kind of funny, really. She's usually pretty lady-like.

I think she's originally from Maryland.

Isn’t she like 70 and fragile as hell, she’d shatter into a million pieces.

Nance is from Bawlmer. She's got a knife in her pocketbook and she's gonna cut you up after class.

Kevin McCarthy is a motherfucking piece if shit. But this is the Repig party now.

The Republicans have nothing now but violence, like the Nazis.

She called him a moron because there was talk about possible mask mandates in the wake of the rise of Delta, and Mcacarthy said a mask mandate would serve no purpose other than the democrats establishing a permanent pandemic regime.

When she was told he said that, she responded that he’s a moron. Which is true, and a lot milder than what he said about the democrats, which is false.

I know r1, wtf? She looks like a sausage, pouring her plumped-up figure into that dress. What was she thinking?

[quote] These comments are misogynistic

Just because the Speaker happens to be a woman doesn't make the remarks misogynistic.

I'm sick of this word being thrown around any time a negative or critical remark about a particular women (meaning a single individual) is made.

r10 she is 81 and not fragile at all.

[quote] These comments are misogynistic

Well, she's the one who wears corsets and clattering stilettos.

I hope everybody realizes that if the republicans win back the house in 2022, they will NOT accept a democratic win in 2024.

[quote] "Anger grows as Republican Kevin McCarthy jokes about hitting Nancy Pelosi"

I hate this modern journalistic habit of using passive verbs and omitting the subject of the sentence.

Like, just WHO is it with the 'growing anger'?

And at age 56, McCarthy looks like hell with no neck, sagging jowls, Neanderthal brow and a fivehead.

I don't think he was joking. He's a psychopathic piece of fuck.

R22 I agree. He wasn't joking.

Adam will come be her protector, but she needs to watch out for Madison and not let him close, he’ll run over her feet with his wheels and call it an “accident.”

Why would he need to pretend he was “joking?” We’re past that. We had an open insurrection all but openly endorsed by the Republican Party in January, and no one lost their position in congress.

R16 SPELLING EDIT: "particular woman", "not particular woman"

McCarthy should resign. He’s an awful human who is incapable of legislative duties.

In that photo his knuckles are red. Maybe he was punching a photo of her on the wall.

He’s a vile piece of shit with the backbone of a jellyfish.

The Repukes are under this delusion that they will gain the majority simply because the party out of power in the WH usually gains seats in the midterm. They should wake up and realize they stand for absolutely nothing positive. They are simply opposed to anything that the Dems suggest. Hardly a winning strategy.

All republicans are potential murderers.

[quote] ^ That woman is wearing a corset.

You mean Kevin McCarthy?

Yes, I think you're right.

R1 She looks perfectly professional in that dress. Why are you even thinking about what she's wearing under her clothing? No one else is. Your corset comment is bizarre and off-topic.

Democrats can dish it out, but they can't take it.

Everyone would complain about Leader Pelosi if she didn't put herself together so well. She really does hold it together. I had to wear a control piece to a wedding recently, and I'm only 50. Pelosi is rockin'

Quite big tits!

[quote]Isn’t she like 70 and fragile as hell, she’d shatter into a million pieces.

HOW DARE YOU! 70? Keep your mouth shut, 70 is the average age of a typical DL poster.

Not to mention, these youthful DL 70 year olds, all look 30, don't have one single wrinkle on their faces, they have the hair of a young Robert Plant, an always hard meaty dick and their lovers are all gorgeous hot young men.

First Eugene McCarthy, then Melissa McCarthy, and now Kevin McCarthy.

Threatening the Speaker of the House with violence is a federal crime.

I eat the peanuts out of Kevin McCarthy’s feces.

[quote] Quite big tits!

She's 80.

Nancy's tits must be down to her knees.

If he's trying to make Trump look classy, he failed.

[Quote]Why are you even thinking about what she's wearing under her clothing? No one else is. Your corset comment is bizarre and off-topic.

Are you new here? Good thing you weren't around for the Mamie Eisenhower's Hangers threads or the multiple posts across threads about the Royals where folks keep wondering why elder royals, notably Queen Elizabeth and Camilla, have such terrible foundation garments. We've also discussed Trump's corsets.

More straight Republican trash being hateful and violent. What’s new?

[quote]Democrats can dish it out, but they can't take it.

LOL, God. You idiots don't even try, What a dumb shit you are.

[quote]Democrats can dish it out, but they can't take it.

R33. What are you talking about? Have any Democrats even been so crude to say something like this even as a "joke," which by the way isn't funny and Kevin McCarthy should know better. Was he really joking? Do I think he would really hit the Speaker of the House? No, but some things are better left unsaid. It's a pretty shitty joke, and he knows it. You don't say or even hint at anything so violent. It's totally inappropriate.

Remember, on January 6, thousands of insurrectionists stormed the Capitol wanting to kill Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi. They called her name as they roamed through the halls of the Capitol. Kevin McCarthy may not actually hit her, but language like that gives license to others to do so. After all, the insurrectionists constructed gallows outside the Capitol wanting to hang Mike Pence. Would they have done it if they had the chance. Yes, they might have. The Proud Boys and other groups came prepared for war.

That whole name calling thing creeps me out, as it reminds me of those very scary scenes in The Warriors where the other gangs coming at them with baseball bats and other weapons would call out their name and Michael Beck and the other bare chested leather vest clad sexy thugs would wince and look fear stricken.

R25...Of course they were joking. The insurrectionists were only "terror...err...tourists". They think all will be forgiven, forgotten with a...."just joking." Isn't that what trump always said..."You don't understand sarcasm."

He dies really want to hit her. She's outmaneuvered him. He needs to resign. Until then, sue him.

It should do him in. But these days, it won't.

It doesn't matter of it does him in or not, sue his Irish lardass off.

Irish-Italian, R50.

Who’s the guy wearing the stank face and the yellow tie?

How does this moron (McCarthy) keep getting elected in California??

Much as I hate McCarthy and love Pelosi, to talk about his joke as “violence against women” is a whole rosary of MARYS.

Who is in this cabinet? It’s obvious he has a group of advisers. What’s their motivation in getting trump elected? We know his.

[Quote]How does this moron (McCarthy) keep getting elected in California??

Bakersfield.

Remember the GQP's lame pearl clutching defense during Trump's second impeachment when they played 20 minutes of clips of Kamala Harris and other Democrats saying "we need to fight...." for civil rights, higher minimum wage, etc? (Also fun fact--remember that attorney was Bruce Castor, who fucked up rapist Bill Cosby's deal which resulted in him being released from jail)

If they were consistent, they'd be equally outraged over Kevin McCarthy's comments.

This shouldn't be ignored. Let's be honest, they're not joking. They really would use violence to get into power as we've all witnessed. Let's not pretend the GOP aren't savages at this point. There's nothing dignified about a Republican. Look what happens to one who dares to criticize Trump. They immediately get death threats.

Everyone Tucker Carlson targets gets death threats. They use "I was just joking," but they have in fact inspired violence.

They shouldn't let this go. We need to stop ignoring this shit and get into their faces.

Also R58 remember when Trump suggested at a rally in 2016 that the crowd use their 2nd Amendment rights on Hillary? Fast forward four years and they were storming the capitol and trying to execute Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi. Take them seriously, they will use violence to get their way.

Exactly, R59. Their asshole supporters don't understand "jokes." In fact, they're dying to use violence because those morons really do see themselves as the "rebellion."

In defacturd r33’s world, there are two kinds of people: republicans who break the law and threaten, or actually commit, acts of violence when things don’t go the way they want; and democrats, who are the targets of this violence, these threats.

That’s just the way each side should act, and defacturd gets upset when people deviate from his expectations.

All of the comments about what a POS McCarthy is are all true, but this violence towards Nancy (or AOC or one of the other women that the GOP/MAGAs hate so much) is Fox News chum for the MAGA-ites. Facebook Fraus love threats of violence towards her - it's both pathetic & genuinely scary

A normal 56 yr old man doesn't joke about hitting an 81 yr old woman with a gavel. His mother, Roberta Darlene (née Palladino; November 16, 1940), is almost 81. How would he feel about someone making a joke about hitting her in the back of the head with a shovel?

Or maybe he just has Mommy Issues.

I've never heard of a sane person with the last name McCarthy.

Isn't he an adulterer? He had an affair with a congresswoman at one point, right? Too lazy to google, but I recall something like that.

McCarthy is such a weak man. He's trying to act like a tough guy, a bully, but he just looks pathetic.

Kevin is, and always has been, a lickspittle sycophant.

Kevin McCarthy is one of those people who actually knows better, but has given up making decisions on the basis of right or wrong. It will be interesting to see how low he sinks... far enough to lose re-election? Far enough to land in jail? Anything is possible now.

And Al Franken is trending on Twitter because he was removed for a more innocuous joke.

There really is no bottom to what is allowed to be tolerated by the Republicans - and certain Democrats (inc. on DL) enable it. You get all hysterical over anything Dems do or say and take a "meh" approach to everything the GOP does.

[quote]Democrats can dish it out, but they can't take it.

Hi, Boris.

In an effort to unify this country I support his remark!

^Exactly. This is the mentality of the "moderate"

[quote]I've never heard of a sane person with the last name McCarthy.

THANK you!

R66: wonk-eyed Renee Ellmers, former rep from NC

[quote]Well, she's the one who wears corsets and clattering stilettos

Stop making fun of Miss Lindsey. She's suffering from contracting Covid.

I just hope Benji was actually at that business meeting with Princess Meghan on the weekend, as he said before he lost cell reception.

OK seriously. To say this when dimwits and “patriots” are ready to use violence - Just how can you be that man, who says such things?

How did he reach the top Republican position in the House? Isn't there anyone there a little more cunning and intelligent, along the lines of Cotton or Cruz in the Senate?

They trotted out Auntie Concerned Susie Collins on the Sunday shows to pooh-pooh the 1/6 committee and bash Liz Cheney/Kinzinger. The GQP are desperate to stop this because THEY will have to testify and be implicated. That's why Kev is going right up to the line of advocating violence against Pelosi. But if one of their lunatic fanboys (god forbid!) actually tried to do something to her, that wouldn't stop this committee.

Susie Collins voted to convict Trump during his impeachment, so not sure why she's against the Jan 6th Select Committee.

^^Not sure? Because she's a Repig.

Concerned Susan

She always flips back to Mitch when he call her in.

R61 you’re responding to somebody else. Not me. I have never been a fan of Kevin McCarthy.

Nancy Pelosi is a handmaid. The so-called “equality“ act is an Orwellian war on women’s sex-based rights. She has already enabled violence against women. That is in addition to enabling the largest upward transfer of wealth in history.