McCarthy Facing Calls For Resignation After Taking A Jab At Pelosi

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is facing calls to resign because Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House Democrats can’t take a joke.

During a dinner with members of Tennessee’s Republican congressional delegation, which included speakers Governor Bill Lee and Senators Marsh Blackburn and Bill Hagerty, McCarthy spoke about Republicans retaking the house in 2022. Later he was gifted an oversized gavel engraved with the words “Fire Pelosi.”

According to reports, McCarthy said, “It will be hard not to hit her with it but I will bang it down.”

Democrats descended on McCarthy crying foul over the reported joke and some demanded his immediate resignation.

Representative Eric Swalwell really milked the situation by tweeting, “America has suffered enough violence around politics. @GOPLeader McCarthy is now a would-be assailant of @SpeakerPelosi. He needs to resign.”

It didn’t end there. More thin-skinned Dems chimed in to shame McCarthy’s innocent comment.

“Dear @GOPLeader McCarthy,” tweeted Rep. Ted Lieu. “Don’t you think America has had enough political violence? You should never be encouraging or threatening or joking about causing violence to anyone, including the Speaker of the House. You need to apologize for your statement, or resign.”

“Who else thinks Kevin McCarthy must resign for ‘joking’ about assaulting Speaker Pelosi?” tweeted Democratic Coalition co-founder Scott Dworkin.

The reported statement comes after Pelosi referred to the minority leader as “such a moron” last week for his opposition of the renewed mask mandate in the House.