Kevin McCarthy called on to 'resign' after his 'joke' about hitting Nancy Pelosi raises concerns

Here\u2019s audio of @GOPLeader\u2019s comment on @SpeakerPelosi: https://twitter.com/Vivian_E_Jones/status/1421627881256538114\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/yLC4lzGEVV

— Vivian Jones (@Vivian Jones) 1627783194

Let me say this: if I had physically threatened a co-worker, I would have been fired. I would not have been given an opportunity to resign.

— Elaine Pantano (@Elaine Pantano) 1627857922

DOD defines terrorism as, "the calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological."\n\n#ResignMcCarthy

— Sarah Reese Jones (@Sarah Reese Jones) 1627913367

Violence against women is no joke.\n\n #ResignMcCarthy

— Chris Hahn (@Chris Hahn) 1627888345

Kevin McCarthy threatened violence against the Speaker of the House over 24 hours ago and has yet to apologize.https://twitter.com/hakeemjeffries/status/1421848900680491013\u00a0\u2026

— DCCC (@DCCC) 1627919100

This oversized gavel makes Kevin McCarthy look like the clown he is. He needs to resign. #ResignMcCarthypic.twitter.com/D0itkSxS5A

— Scott Dworkin (@Scott Dworkin) 1627901248

"McCarthy joking about hitting a woman is even more despicable given that he did not vote in March with his 29 fellow House Republicans to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act designed to protect women from domestic violence."https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/01/opinions/kevin-mccarthy-pelosi-speaker-obeidallah/index.html\u00a0\u2026

— DCCC (@DCCC) 1627911184

Michelle Wolf\u2019s set was a 5-day story that the media characterized as the decline of civility and discourse with repeated demands for her to apologize. I\u2019ll put $200 on instead of asking McCarthy to apologize they\u2019ll ask some variation of \u201cwhat don\u2019t you like about Nancy Pelosi\u201d

— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC) 1627907874

The Capitol was violently attacked.\nMarauding men searched the halls looking for Nancy Pelosi.\nOminously calling her name.\nThey defiled her office.\nThey took her things.\nLeft a note calling her a bitch.\nMcCarthy knows this.\nHe wasn\u2019t \u201cjoking\u201d.\nHe was stoking.\nAnd he knows it too.

— Jo (@Jo) 1627908375

Kevin McCarthy said "it will be hard not to hit" Nancy Pelosi with the gavel if he becomes Speaker of the House\n\nMcCarthy, who opposed the Violence Against Women Act, is openly suggesting he'd assault the Speaker of the House

— Edward Hardy (@Edward Hardy) 1627908300

There is no apology for violence against women. Kevin McCarthy was NOT joking. His statement was a call for violence. It was full-on, in your face, Stochastic terrorism. Don't accept his apology \u2014 accept his resignation.\n\n#ResignMcCarthy

— Dr. Jack Brown (@Dr. Jack Brown) 1627890313

O.M.G.! There is something psychotic about Kevin McCarthy. Is that why is wife isn't up on stage with him.https://twitter.com/kristin__wilson/status/1421904826493964292\u00a0\u2026

— Liane (@Liane) 1627851892