kevin mccarthy under fire from democrats after joking that it will be hard not to hit nancy pelosi, the house speaker, with the gavel if he becomes speaker after the 2022 midterm elections. >> i'll make this one promise here. when we win the majority, which i know we're going to, you're all invited. more importantly, i want you to watch me nancy pelosi hand me that gavel. it will be hard not to hit her with it, but i will bang it down. >> joining me now, ana navarro and alice stewart. alice, mccarthy's office is dismissing the complaints. his spokesman said that he was obviously joking. what do you think about all of this, alice? >> if it was a joke, it wasn't very funny. it was a stupid comment.