House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took a jab at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, calling him 'Moscow Mitch' -- a cutting nickname that recently prompted the Republican leader to take to the Senate floor to decry 'modern-day McCarthyism'
Washington House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took a jab at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Wednesday, calling him"Moscow Mitch" -- a cutting nickname that recently prompted the Republican leader to take to the Senate floor to decry "modern-day McCarthyism."
"Moscow Mitch says that he is the 'Grim Reaper.' Imagine describing yourself as the 'Grim Reaper' -- that he's going to bury all this legislation," Pelosi said at an event in Illinois on Wednesday. The California Democrat added the legislation her chamber has passed is"live and well in the general public.
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