Pelosi calls GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy a "moron" for criticizing mask mandate

Washington — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy "a moron" for criticizing the reinstitution of a mask mandate in the House of Representatives.

"He's such a moron," Pelosi said as she entered an SUV outside the Capitol Wednesday morning, after a reporter asked her to react to McCarthy's claim that the mandate was "not based on science." Pelosi had previously said that the mask mandate is within "the purview of the Capitol physician. I have nothing to say about that except we honor it."