Kevin McCarthy was behind interim Speaker Patrick McHenry’s move to kick former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former Majority Leader Steny Hoyer out of their office spaces, two Republican sources told CNN.
GOP Rep. Garret Graves told reporters on Wednesday that McCarthy is getting the office that McHenry has ordered her to vacate.
“Look the deal is that the office that Pelosi is in right now is the office of the preceding speaker. Speaker Pelosi and other Democrats determined that they wanted a new … speaker, and it’s Kevin McCarthy. So, he’s getting the office,” he said.
Sources close to Pelosi and Hoyer say it was retaliation for Democrats siding against McCarthy in voting to vacate the speaker’s chair Tuesday. The unofficial offices are located near the House floor.
McCarthy and McHenry’s did not respond to requests for comment.
Huh? How does this make any sense?
There’s a number of unlisted offices that can be assigned to various people who need them… the complex is large.
And Hoyer wasn’t ever Speaker so… ?
I guess offices were left empty since Ryan resigned rather than stay as a Member?
Also blaming the Democratic members for the Republican party pushing through rules that allowed one of their more insane to issue the removal vote, and that it was Republicans that spoke in the debate and then basically removed him…
It’s petty madness.
The New GOP in a nutshell.
These offices aren’t their actual offices, those are in a different building. These additional spaces have been described as “hideaway” offices, right in the Capitol, where a small group of people can have a quick, private chat while still being close to the House chamber.
I doubt Pelosi was really expecting to keep that space, to be honest. But she was probably not expecting to leave until a new Speaker was chosen. (And it is certainly bad optics to kick her out of the space while she was away at Feinstein’s funeral…)
They will straight punch someone in the face, turn around and blame the democrats for it. They even stopped being subtle about it and they don’t care because there aren’t consequences for their constant lies. As long as their base eats it up and elects them and you know those fox brainwashed fuckers will vote for them no matter what.