Pelosi and McConnell’s houses were vandalized, why?

The home of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were graffitied this weekend. These attacks have a very clear political motivation: government aid checks.

The two most powerful members of the U.S. Congress were the victims of vandalism this weekend.

What happened?

• The homes of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Republican) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Democrat) were graffitied between Friday and Saturday.

Because?

• For the graffiti found in the homes, these attacks have a very clear political motivation: the aid checks that the government will grant as part of the economic aid package for the crisis triggered by the pandemic.
• At McConnell’s home in Kentucky, graffiti was found on the front door with the caption “Weres my money (sic),” which translates to “Where’s my money?”
• This message would respond to McConnell’s refusal to provide a vote on an increase in the value of stimulus checks in the Senate. The government-approved aid checks are currently $ 600, but House and Senate Democrats are looking to increase them to $ 2,000.
• As the leader of this House, McConnell must approve the vote for the Senate to decide on the increase. However, the congressman refuses to do so considering, like many other Republicans, that these checks are a “socialist” measure that will benefit the rich. It’s not really like that.

Are checks for the rich?

• As Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders explains, “the overwhelming majority of these funds go to the middle class, the working class, the low-income people who in the midst of the pandemic are in a desperate economic situation.”

• People who have lost their jobs and need to pay debts, rent, health and education expenses receipts, need this money. But McConnell, one of the richest senators in Congress, fears this could affect the nation’s fiscal budget.

In the other hand, Pelosi’s house in San Francisco was also vandalized. In addition to graffiti demanding “cancel rent payment” and “$ 2000 is not enough,” a fake pig’s head and blood was found on the outskirts of the residence. Pelosi’s office has not answered questions about the attack.

“There’s an understandable frustration. I think this kind of protest is an example of that, but I would try to warn people to see leaders as a reflection of us. They’re human, people,” Jason McDaniel told him. associate professor of political science in the state of San Francisco, on NBC. As she rightly points out, “it’s a bit useless (this attack) because Pelosi mobilized her power and approved the $ 2,000 checks, and she has no power over Mitch McConnell (for him to approve them).”

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