McCarthy rips 'extreme minority party' after no Dems support 'parents bill of rights'

Democratic and Republican leaders took turns accusing the other party of being "extreme" Friday after the House of Representatives passed the Parents Bill of Rights Act mostly on party lines.

In the lead up to the vote, Democrats accused the bill of promoting "fascism" and said it was "extreme," claiming it will lead to banning books and outing LGBTQ+ students. No Democrats voted for the legislation, and after it passed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., told reporters the GOP was attempting to "jam their right wing ideology down the throats of students, teachers and parents throughout America."

"Extreme MAGA Republicans want to ban books on the Holocaust. Ban books on the Holocaust. Extreme MAGA Republicans want to ban books on Martin Luther King Jr. Extreme MAGA Republicans want to ban books on the LGBTQ journey in the United States of America. Extreme MAGA Republicans even want to ban a book on Roberto Clemente and baseball," Jeffries claimed at the weekly Democratic press conference Friday. "That's their educational agenda."