After McConnell’s home in Louisville was marked with graffiti early Saturday morning, the Republican of Kentucky denounced the incident as a ‘radical rage’.
“Vandalism and the politics of fear have no place in our society. My wife and I have never been intimidated by this toxic playbook. We just hope our neighbors in Louisville are not too hurt by this radical rage,” McConnell said. said in a statement. .
Louisville Police Department spokesman Dwight Mitchell is investigating the case and has not yet identified any suspect (s).
Early Friday morning, a house in San Francisco belonging to Pelosi was vandalized, according to San Francisco police.
“Unknown suspect (s) painted graffiti on the garage door and left a pig’s head on the sidewalk,” police said in a statement obtained by CNN.
Investigate the SFPD Division for Special Investigations. CNN released Pelosi for comment.
The two separate incidents come as Senate Democrats and Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, unsuccessfully, campaigned for a Senate vote on $ 2,000 stimulus checks Friday while the clock was ticking at the 116th Congress.
The attempt was blocked by Senate Republicans, including McConnell, who largely argued that increasing stimulus controls would not be the kind of ‘targeted relief’ needed to respond to the economic distress caused by the pandemic, despite the fact that President Donald Trump asked. the amount and the House of Representatives on Monday adopted a measure to increase direct payments to Americans.
McConnell was critical of the pressure to increase the checks, repeatedly saying the amount “simply is not the right approach” and reiterating an argument that much of it is ‘socialism for rich people’.
The second stimulus package that Congress did implement included $ 600 direct payments, half of the amount provided in the first round of checks, which went out in the spring.
CNN’s Clare Foran and Ali Zaslav contributed to this report.