"Will Be Hard Not To...": Top US Republican Jokes On Hitting Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Last week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Top Republican Kevin McCarthy a "moron" for opposing mask mandates to fight COVID-19 pandemic.

The top Republican in the US House of Representatives faced calls to apologize or resign Sunday after joking about hitting speaker Nancy Pelosi in the head with a gavel. It was the latest round in a nasty spat between the Republican minority leader Kevin McCarthy and Pelosi, the chamber's top Democrat. Last week Pelosi called her Republican counterpart a "moron" for opposing mask mandates to fight the Covid-19 pandemic as the Delta variant causes a surge in cases in America. At a fundraising dinner Saturday night in Tennessee, McCarthy spoke with optimism about prospects for his party retaking the House in mid-term elections next year.