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Former House Speaker and Democrat California Rep. Nancy Pelosi has joined former House Speaker and Republican California Rep. Kevin McCarthy on the tough news train.
After former Speaker McCarthy was removed from the job on Tuesday the new interim Speaker, and Republican North Carolina Rep. Patrick McHenry ordered former Speaker Pelosi to vacate her office and informed her that the locks would be re-keyed.
“Please vacate the space tomorrow, the room will be re-keyed,” said an email sent to Pelosi’s office that was seen by Politico. The email noted further that the room would be used “for speaker office use.”
Pelosi was using a hideaway office which is a perk to which only a handful of members are privvy. Because she was a former speaker, McCarthy allowed her to continue using the office, but obviously, McHenry — a McCarthy ally — isn’t on board with it.
Pelosi was not present in the House and missed the vote to oust McCarthy. She is currently in California for the funeral of long-time Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who passed away at the age of 90 last week.
“With all of the important decisions that the new Republican Leadership must address, which we are all eagerly awaiting, one of the first actions taken by the new Speaker Pro Tempore was to order me to immediately vacate my office in the Capitol,” she said. CNN reported. “Sadly, because I am in California to mourn the loss of and pay tribute to my dear friend Dianne Feinstein, I am unable to retrieve my belongings at this time.”
“As Speaker, I gave former Speaker Hastert a significantly larger suite of offices for as long as he wished,” the former Speaker said.
“Office space doesn’t matter to me, but it seems to be important to them,” the California representative said.
“Now that the new Republican Leadership has settled this important matter, let’s hope they get to work on what’s truly important for the American people,” she said.
Hours after former Speaker McCarthy was removed by a vote from 8 Republicans and every Democrat Fox News anchor Sean Hannity broke the news that there are Republicans who want to draft former President Donald Trump to be the next Speaker and that the former president is considering it.
“I’ve now heard from a number of people. I know for a fact Donald Trump has been contacted about possibly him being an interim Speaker,” the host said before, later in the show, asking Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan what he thought of the idea.
“Is that a reality?” the representative said. “I don’t know. He’d be great, but actually, I want Donald Trump to be the next president of the United States. If he wants to be Speaker, great, but I want him to be president of the United States.”
“I’ll be clear, he would still run for president. He’s still going to be running for president,” the host said.
“That’s where we need him, is at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but if he wants to be Speaker then that’s fine too,” the representative said.
Before Hannity’s segment, and after former Speaker McCarthy was removed, Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene expressed her support for former President Trump as the next Speaker.
“The only candidate for Speaker I am currently supporting is President Donald J. Trump. He will end the war in Ukraine. He will secure the border. He will end the politically weaponized government. He will make America energy independent again. He will pass my bill to stop transgender surgeries on kids and keep men out of women’s sports. He will support our military and police. And so much more!” she said on X, formerly Twitter.
“He has a proven 4 year record as President of the United States of America. He received a record number of Republican votes of any Republican Presidential candidate! We can make him Speaker and then elect him President! He will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” she said.
And one Republican Congressman, Texas Rep. Troy Nehls, said he will nominate former President Trump as the next Speaker of the House.
“This week, when the U.S. House of Representatives reconvenes, my first order of business will be to nominate Donald J. Trump for Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives,” he said. “President Trump, the greatest President of my lifetime, has a proven record of putting America First and will make the House great again.”
