House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) deleted a tweet last year saying that Michael Bloomberg, Tom Steyer and George Soros were trying to “buy” November’s midterm elections. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday defended a now-deleted tweet that Michael Bloomberg, Tom Steyer and George Soros were trying to “buy” November’s midterm elections, arguing that the message had “nothing to do” with religion. “We cannot allow Soros, Steyer, and Bloomberg to BUY this election! The tweet came during a week when prominent Democrats across the country — including Steyer and Soros — were being targeted by pipe bombs. Asked Wednesday why McCarthy deleted the tweet if he believed there was nothing wrong with it, Matt Sparks, a spokesman for McCarthy, pointed to a statement he issued in October.

Source: Washington Post February 14, 2019 01:07 UTC