House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) joked that it would be hard for him not to hit Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) with a gavel if his party wins control of the House in next year’s midterm elections.
Said McCarthy: “It will be hard not to hit her with it but I will bang it down.”
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