Crime & Safety
Senate Leader Mitch McConnell's Louisville Home Vandalized
The vandalism was reported just a day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home sustained similar damage.
LOUISVILLE, KY — The Kentucky home of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was vandalized this weekend after the GOP leader blocked a House vote to send $2,000 direct coronavirus relief payments to Americans.
On Saturday morning, messages like "where's my money" and other expletives were written with spray paint across the front door and bricks of McConnell's home, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported.
The vandalism was reported just a day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home sustained similar damage.
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In a statement, McConnell decried the "radical tantrum," saying that while he defends the First Amendment and peaceful protest, "this is different."
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"Vandalism and the politics of fear have no place in our society," the statement read. "My wife and I have never been intimidated by this toxic playbook. We just hope our neighbors in Louisville aren’t too inconvenienced by this radical tantrum.”
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