Pelosi Dismisses McCarthy’s Call for Her to Condemn Protesters Desecrating Statues

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is firing back at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) due to his questions about her silence on the statues St. Junipero Serra being overturned by protesters in San Francisco.

The Republican lawmaker released a statement on Wednesday as he recalled the series of events that unfolded in Pelosi’s San Francisco district. He also challenged Pelosi to condemn protesters’ actions.

“Given that today is the Feast Day of Saint Junipero Serra, her condemnation of mob violence would be especially timely,” McCarthy said in a statement.

He continued, “Today should be a day for celebration. Instead, we’ve recently seen a violent leftwing mob tear down the statue of St. Serra in Speaker Pelosi’s district in San Francisco, California.”

Shortly after McCarthy’s statement was released, Pelosi spoke with the Washington Examiner where she dismissed the California lawmaker’s criticism. The top Democrat made her focus clear reiterating her focus on the pandemic.

“I’m trying to save the world from coronavirus,” Pelosi told the publication. “I have no interest in about McCarthy, who hasn’t had the faintest idea of our dynamic in our district.”

McCarthy’s remarks come amid nationwide concerns about the pandemic, its economical effects on the country, police brutality, and racial inequality.

Statues of President Ulysses S. Grant and Francis Scott Key where also toppled in Pelosi’s district.

Over the last five weeks, protests were held in more than 140 cities