A high-ranking aide to Nancy Pelosi stopped short of confirming a report, based on garbled audio, that the House speaker called her Republican counterpart Kevin McCarthy ‘a moron’ because of his opposition to a new mask wearing directive
in which he said, "Make no mistake - The threat of bringing masks back is not a decision based on science, but a decision conjured up by liberal government officials who want to continue to live in a perpetual pandemic state."
"Mask and vaccine mandates: Bullying, Controlling, Unconstitutional, Threats to Liberty!" Republican Representative Jody Hice of GeorgiaPeople wear masks against the coronavirus disease , following the CDC recommendation that fully vaccinated Americans wear masks as the highly transmissible Delta variant has led to a surge in infections, as they enter the Disney Store in Times Square in New York City, New York, U.S., July 27, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidSome 57.
Even before the recommendation, many congressional Democrats had resumed wearing masks in the Capitol this week.
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