{"id":1559832,"date":"2022-07-18T17:19:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T21:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1559832"},"modified":"2022-07-18T17:34:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T21:34:35","slug":"fact-check-did-kevin-mccarthy-say-that-nancy-pelosi-should-be-jailed-and-prosecuted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-kevin-mccarthy-say-that-nancy-pelosi-should-be-jailed-and-prosecuted\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Kevin McCarthy Say That Nancy Pelosi \u2018Should Be Jailed And Prosecuted\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-kevin-mccarthy-say-that-nancy-pelosi-should-be-jailed-and-prosecuted%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1559832&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2022-06-23T174426Z_570632894_RC2RXU94KFRB_RTRMADP_3_USA-CONGRESS-scaled-e1657593881506.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A video\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=575845154100218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v%3D575845154100218&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1657914986125000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3d2joD0IEn1ZEw2whI3uvW\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi \u201cshould be prosecuted and jailed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence McCarthy called for Pelosi\u2019s arrest and prosecution.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 13-minute-long Facebook video claims McCarthy, a Republican, said that Pelosi, a Democrat, should be imprisoned and prosecuted. \u201cShe Should Be Prosecuted And Jailed\u2019 \u2013 Kevin Mccarthy Exposed Nancy Pelosi With Entire Dem,\u201d reads the video\u2019s title.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is no evidence that\u00a0<span class=\"il\">McCarthy<\/span> made such a comment. The video shared on Facebook shows him speaking about a proposed COVID-19 relief bill in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicanleader.gov\/mccarthy-floor-speech-on-pelosis-payoff-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 2021<\/a>. Check Your Fact reviewed both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iw52J6vH7Tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.republicanleader.gov\/mccarthy-floor-speech-on-pelosis-payoff-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">transcript<\/a> of the speech but found no evidence that McCarthy called for Pelosi to be prosecuted or arrested. If McCarthy had called for Pelosi\u2019s arrest, media outlets would have covered it, yet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=mccarthy+jailed+and+prosecuted&#038;source=lnms&#038;tbm=nws&#038;sa=X&#038;ved=2ahUKEwj___zHxfv4AhUXE1kFHfwUD1cQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&#038;biw=1440&#038;bih=821&#038;dpr=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">none have<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact also reviewed <a href=\"https:\/\/kevinmccarthy.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press releases<\/a> from McCarthy\u2019s office but found nothing about the Republican leader calling for such action. McCarthy\u2019s most recent press releases center around <a href=\"https:\/\/kevinmccarthy.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/our-veterans-are-heroes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">veterans<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/kevinmccarthy.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/mccarthy-westerman-peters-we-need-to-save-americas-sequoias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sequoias<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/kevinmccarthy.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/oil-by-americans-for-americans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gas prices<\/a>. His office did publish a <a href=\"https:\/\/kevinmccarthy.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/democrat-referendum-in-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June press release<\/a> about former San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin being recalled that mentions Pelosi, but it does not call for her arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact has previously addressed the false claims about McCarthy. In 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2019\/10\/07\/fact-check-kevin-mccarthy-fox-news-mass-shootings-video-games-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check Your Fact<\/a> debunked the false claim that McCarthy said Japan does not have mass shootings because the country had no video games. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/03\/05\/fact-check-9-percent-american-rescue-plan-goes-american-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Viral Post Claims Only 9% Of The American Rescue Plan \u2018Goes To The American People\u2019)\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact reached out to a McCarthy spokesperson and will update this article if a response is provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;There is no evidence McCarthy called for Pelosi&#8217;s arrest and prosecution&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1559832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1559832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1559832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1559832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1559832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}