Mitch McConnell's Louisville home vandalized following his blockage of $2,000 stimulus checks

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Mitch McConnell's Louisville home vandalized following his blockage of $2,000 stimulus checks

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — United States Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's Louisville home was vandalized early Saturday morning following his blocking of $2,000 stimulus checks to most Americans.

Messages like "where's my money" and other expletives were written with spray paint across the front door and bricks of the Kentucky Republican's Highlands residence.

McConnell said in a statement Saturday morning that “I’ve spent my career fighting for the First Amendment and defending peaceful protest. I appreciate every Kentuckian who has engaged in the democratic process whether they agree with me or not."

“This is different," he continued. "Vandalism and the politics of fear have no place in our society."

He concluded: “My wife and I have never been intimidated by this toxic playbook. We just hope our neighbors in Louisville aren’t too inconvenienced by this radical tantrum.”

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A McConnell spokesman did not immediately reply to a question on if the Senate Majority Leader was home during the incident.

According to Louisville Metro Police Department spokesman Dwight Mitchell, the incident occurred about 5 a.m. Saturday, with "minor damage of graffiti on a window and door." The department has no suspects, and its Fifth Division is investigating.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, condemned the vandalism in a tweet Saturday, calling it "unacceptable."

"While the First Amendment protects our freedom of speech, vandalism is reprehensible and never acceptable for any reason," Beshear wrote.

The vandalism comes after McConnell put the kibosh on a stand-alone proposal for $2,000 direct cash payments to American households that qualify — an idea supported by President Donald Trump, 44 House Republicans and several Senate Republicans.

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"The Senate is not going to be bullied into rushing out more borrowed money into the hands of Democrats’ rich friends who don’t need the help,” McConnell said in a Senate floor speech Wednesday.

McConnell emphasized how Congress just passed a roughly $900 billion coronavirus relief package the prior week following a prolonged stalemate between members of the opposite parties over what such a plan should include.

That legislation includes the $600 checks most Americans are set to receive, with some beginning to do so.

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The Senate adjourned Friday evening without passing the $2,000 stimulus checks, meaning the fate of the proposal is in the hands of the next Congress.

McConnell's Louisville home has previously been a site of protests. In September 2020, a group of more than 100 gathered outside the home after the Kentucky legislator pledged he would push to fill the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — something he succeeded in with Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

McConnell isn't the only congressional leader to have their home recently vandalized. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, had her San Francisco home spray painted Friday morning with messages like "$2k cancel rent."

Vandals also left fake blood and a a severed pig's head on Pelosi's driveway, according to reports.

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Contact Ben Tobin at [email protected] and 502-377-5675 or follow on Twitter @Ben__Tobin.

Cyanomelas on January 2nd, 2021 at 23:28 UTC »

Term limits on senators, flush these turds.

--kvothe on January 2nd, 2021 at 19:22 UTC »

McConnell replied when asked about the incident “the politics of fear have no place in our society.” How does he think tens of thousands of families feel as he single handedly refuses to approve $2000 of aid after 9 months of struggling to survive? Are they not fearful? The fact is, he has zero concern for the people of this country that he is sworn to serve.

SkylarAV on January 2nd, 2021 at 18:38 UTC »

I hope they left plastic six pack rings all over his lawn for him to get stuck in

Additional thought: can we turn this into a letter writing campaign too and everyone send Mitch some plastic garbage to choke on in the mail?