The home of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in Louisville, Kentucky, was destroyed early Saturday morning. Spray painted messages above the Republican leader’s front door appear to be a response to his opposition to the increase controls for coronavirus control for Americans from $ 600 to $ 2,000.
One message reads “was (sic) my money,” another, “Mitch kills the poor,” according to photos shared by CBS News’ Louisville subsidiary WLKY. McConnell blocked a vote on raising the checks three days in a row last week, calling the proposal “ socialism for rich people. ”
McConnell and the GOP argue the bill would benefit the wealthy. McConnell previously supported the $ 1 trillion tax cut in 2017, which the wealthy benefited disproportionately. The GOP leader is also concerned about how much money the bill would cost the government. According to Heights Securities, larger checks would be an estimated $ 530 billion, about $ 385 billion more than what would cost $ 600 checks. The Senate, led by McConnell, approved one Friday Defense policy bill of $ 740 billion known as the National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA.
To approve the NDAA, the Senate had to override a veto by President Trump, which marks the first time Congress has voted to override Mr. Trump throughout his presidency.
After blocking the House law that would have authorized $ 2,000 stimulus checks, McConnell then filed a bill linking the increased payments to two separate issues valued by Mr. Trump: Nixing Section 230, a legal shield for Internet companies and the establishment of a committee to investigate the integrity of elections. The president also linked a repeal of section 230 to the NDAA, but several members of Congress, including some Republicans, successfully argued that it was irrelevant to national security.
“Here’s the deal,” McConnell said in a comment to the Senate floor earlier this week. “The Senate is not going to split the three issues President Trump linked together just because Democrats are afraid to tackle two.”
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, a Democrat, called the vandalism at McConnell’s home ‘unacceptable’ Twitter Saturday. “While the First Amendment protects our freedom of speech, vandalism is reprehensible and never acceptable for any reason,” Beshear wrote.
McConnell said in his own statement that “vandalism and the politics of fear have no place in our society.”
“I have fought my entire career for the First Amendment and to defend peaceful protest. I appreciate every Kentuckian who has been involved in the democratic process, whether they agree with me or not,” he said. My wife and I have never been intimidated by this toxic playbook. We just hope our neighbors in Louisville aren’t too bothered by this radical tantrum. ”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home was also found to have been destroyed this weekend, CBS SF Bay Area reports. The garage door of a home near Pacific Heights was painted and a pig’s head remained on the sidewalk.
The graffiti, which said ‘cancel rent’ and ‘we want everything’, also seems to be related to the corona virus stimulus controls. Democrats backed bigger controls, and Pelosi pleaded with McConnell himself not to block a vote on the bill. “Mitch McConnell, remove the obstacle you have in giving the American people the chance to get that direct payment, and do it now,” she said.
San Francisco police will not confirm whether the speaker’s residence is. Pelosi is currently located in Washington, DC