The California congressman made the comments at a Republican fundraiser in Tennessee after he was handed an oversized gavel by his Republican colleagues from the state.
Audio of his joke was recorded and posted to Twitter by Main Street Nashville reporter Vivian Jones. “I want you to watch Nancy Pelosi hand me that gavel… It’ll be hard not to hit her with it,” he says in the audio, which you can listen to below.
Here’s audio of @GOPLeader’s comment on @SpeakerPelosi: https://t.co/tSmcteVcdk pic.twitter.com/yLC4lzGEVVThe joke was quickly condemned by Pelosi’s representatives and other House Democrats, with California Rep.
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