McConnell's Kentucky Home Vandalized After Blocking Stimulus Checks Boost

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's home in Louisville Kentucky was vandalized on Saturday after the Senate refused to take up a bill enhancing the amount for stimulus checks.

A report from The Louisville Courier Journal said the front of the McConnell home had spray-painted messaged on it with expletives and at least one political message.

The Highlands home was vandalized with messages such as "Where's my money" and "Mitch kills poor" on the front door and porch.

McConnell's home was vandalized after he called the move to increase stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 a form of "socialism for rich people," said a report from Daily Caller.

So the Senate did not take up a bill to address this despite calls from President Donald Trump to go for bigger checks, reported BBC.

"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 n Wednesday.

One of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's homes in San Francisco, California was also defaced on New Year's Day.

Messages on the graffiti of Pelosi's home also alluded to the failed push for bigger checks.

No Additional Damage on McConnell Home

Fox News-affiliated WDRB-TV said in its report that the senator's home was tagged with red and white spray paint overnight.

Louisville Metro Police Department noted that the incident took place around 5 a.m. on Saturday, but there were not additional damages on the home.

It's not clear if McConnell was home during the time of the vandalism, said a report from Daily Wire.

The authorities did not offer an immediate response to a request for comment.

McConnell Appreciates 'Democratic Process', But Not This

While the incident appeared to be a stressful one, McConnell appeared to have an idea of where the people responsible were coming from.

He pointed out that throughout his career in the Senate he fought for the First Amendment and defending peaceful protest.

He added that he appreciated "every Kentuckian who has engaged in the democratic process whether they agree with me or not," but he also denounced the act done on his own home and said it was "different".

"Vandalism and the politics of fear have no place in our society," he said in a statement.

The senator said he and his wife have never fallen victim to the "toxic playbook" but he hoped his neighbors did not face much of an inconvenience from the "radical tantrum."

In a tweet, the Republican Party of Kentucky also posted their response on the vandalism, calling the act "reprehensible."

The GOP Kentucky also urged Democrats to join in the condemnation of vandalism such as the one shown on the McConnell home.

Senate to 'Begin Process' to Consider Bigger Payments

The $2,000 direct payments were part of President Donald Trump's demands in the controversial coronavirus relief bill.

On Tuesday, McConnell said the Senate would "begin a process" to start considering the larger direct payments, along with Trump's other demands.

He also lauded the president for signing the new stimulus bill, which he also called the "compromise bill," reported New York Times.

He said the bill was "not perfect" but it could do an enormous amount of good for struggling Kentucky and American residents across the country amid of the global pandemic.