Pack your bags, Nancy…
Hours after becoming acting Speaker, Speaker Pro Tem Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) ordered Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to vacate her Capitol hideaway office so he could take it over.
McHenry's office requested that Pelosi vacate her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday because it was being re-allocated “for speaker office use,” the message, first reported by Politico, reads. A small number of senior Representatives have “hideaway offices” inside the Capitol Building.
Pelosi denounced the demand in a statement late Tuesday.
“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.
“This eviction is a sharp departure from tradition,” she continued. “As Speaker, I gave former Speaker Hastert a significantly larger suite of offices for as long as he wished.”
She called on McHenry and House Republicans to focus instead on legislation.
“Office space doesn't matter to me, but it seems to be important to them. 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.
On Tuesday, House Republicans made the historic move to oust McCarthy as Speaker.
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& Kevin couldnt do this??
Sooo sad. Made my day! She’ll probably leave her bust of Karl Marx.
I love it! You can be sure it upset old Queen Nancy. That eviction should have been done as soon as the republicans took over the speaker’s job.
Pelosi: “This eviction is a sharp departure from tradition,”……….
It’s time to start a new tradition. It’s called “Throw out the trash”.
I bet a broom closet could be found.
Maybe a homeless person will share their tent with her.
If not important, Nancy, why did you immediately denounce the move. Go home girl!