‘Such a moron’: Pelosi heaps disdain on McCarthy for criticizing mask guidance

• Kevin McCarthy: mask policy a political decision by Democrats
• Capitol physician reimposes mask requirement for the House

The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, on Wednesday heaped disdain on the Republican minority leader’s criticism of Congress’s new mask requirement – a reversal of policy that reflected growing number of cases and fears about the highly-transmissible Covid-19 Delta variant at the Capitol.

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