"Moron" - Pelosi slams McCarthy after comments on new CDC mask guidance
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy a "moron" when asked about his comment that mask mandates for vaccinated people are against the science. "Make no mistake—The threat of bringing masks back is not a decision based on science, but a decision conjured up by liberal government officials who want to continue to live in a perpetual pandemic state," McCarthy said in reaction to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced the agency is now recommending that vaccinated people in areas with high COVID-19 case counts wear mask in indoor public settings. The reasoning behind this, Walensky said, is because "in rare occasions, some vaccinated people infected with the delta variant after vaccination may be contagious and pass the virus to others."