Pelosi Calls Kevin McCarthy A ‘Moron’ For Saying Revised Mask Guidance Is ‘Not Based On Science’

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) a “moron” for blasting the U.S. Capitol physician’s decision to reinstate a lapsed mask mandate in Congress “not based on science” — and Pelosi then defended the name-calling in a press conference Wednesday afternoon.

“Make no mistake—The threat of bringing masks back is not a decision based on science, but a decision conjured up by liberal government officials who want to continue to live in a perpetual pandemic state,” McCarthy said Tuesday, in response to the decision to reinstate the mask mandate — and the attendant fines for legislators who refuse to comply.