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SomewhereInTheMiddle

(485 posts)
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 07:34 AM Oct 2023

Pelosi says interim House speaker McHenry has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol ...

Source: CNN

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday said the newly named interim speaker, GOP Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building.

She does maintain her regular office in the Cannon House office building.

An email sent from McHenry’s office to Pelosi’s office just after 6 p.m. Tuesday evening that was viewed by CNN, stated, “Going to reassign h-132 for speaker office use. Please vacate the space tomorrow.”

Pelosi said in a statement that she was not in Washington, DC, to immediately move her belongings.

“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,” the California Democrat said. “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.”

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/03/politics/pelosi-vacate-office-capitol-mchenry-interim-speaker/index.html



Is it just me or is this petty payback for the Democrats voting against McCarthy? Is Pelosi still the bogart for the GOP House members that they feel the need to strike out against her in particular?

Or is McHenry stuck in a really bad office and just wants to take the opportunity to get a better one while he can? That may be a little too generous given the short deadline he gave her.
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Pelosi says interim House speaker McHenry has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol ... (Original Post) SomewhereInTheMiddle Oct 2023 OP
Why doesn't he use the current speakers office. It should be better equipped with all the patricia92243 Oct 2023 #1
He's only temporary Speaker until voting next Wednesday ... aggiesal Oct 2023 #22
Shitty petty thing to do. Srkdqltr Oct 2023 #2
He is Rebl2 Oct 2023 #3
This was a direct order by tRump.... FarPoint Oct 2023 #21
THIS!!☝️ onetexan Oct 2023 #23
The fact he communicated the office door lock would be rekeyed Best_man23 Oct 2023 #4
The GOP can't take responsibility for their broken party... jvill Oct 2023 #5
What a surprise. A republican is a total utter fuckwad. Novara Oct 2023 #6
My friend told me about this, and he's "shocked" at what this pro-tem, fake ass Speaker .... LenaBaby61 Oct 2023 #16
x 1000 judesedit Oct 2023 #18
YES! ⬆️ SaveOurDemocracy Oct 2023 #20
Good for you! Novara Oct 2023 #25
this is MAGA McHenry bank-walking.. agingdem Oct 2023 #7
This dumbass will fair no better as temp speaker ouija Oct 2023 #8
I doubt he will be elected! True Blue American Oct 2023 #14
This isn't even her main office. madaboutharry Oct 2023 #9
They're doing this to Steny Hoyer & other Dems too. Petty and vindictive... CousinIT Oct 2023 #10
He's making a statement. This is just a little red meat for the MAGAs. It's small, meaningless ... marble falls Oct 2023 #11
It's just a petty vindictive act vlyons Oct 2023 #12
Taking away that office is basic hard ball politics. Changing the locks, during Feinstein's funeral, Tom Rinaldo Oct 2023 #13
McHenry is little turd. underpants Oct 2023 #15
These sniveling bastards are all just dickless worms. They're worthless, spineless Texin Oct 2023 #17
He's an assh*le. It's his MO. littlemissmartypants Oct 2023 #19
This is only the beginning. They're blaming Democrats for not saving McCarthy. ificandream Oct 2023 #24

patricia92243

(12,925 posts)
1. Why doesn't he use the current speakers office. It should be better equipped with all the
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 07:38 AM
Oct 2023

things a speaker would need. Unless it is just a petty move, then he is being an ass.

aggiesal

(9,865 posts)
22. He's only temporary Speaker until voting next Wednesday ...
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 10:04 AM
Oct 2023

unless he is voted in as permanent Speaker, it would be a waste of time.
In the mean time I think he wants the office for himself, before the permanent Speaker grows a conscience and allows Pelosi to keep her Capitol office.

Srkdqltr

(8,141 posts)
2. Shitty petty thing to do.
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 07:38 AM
Oct 2023

Although she does have staff. I can't imagine her moving her stuff herself.

Best_man23

(5,206 posts)
4. The fact he communicated the office door lock would be rekeyed
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 07:50 AM
Oct 2023

Strikes me as a petty move vice one due to lack of space. What seconds this thought is the fact the House currently stands in recess until next week. This well could have waited until the Former House Speaker returned from California.

Hopefully Former Speaker Pelosi has assistants back in DC who can respond to this petty order.

 

jvill

(459 posts)
5. The GOP can't take responsibility for their broken party...
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 07:55 AM
Oct 2023

... themselves, can they? They need to lash out at somebody...

LenaBaby61

(6,991 posts)
16. My friend told me about this, and he's "shocked" at what this pro-tem, fake ass Speaker ....
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 09:16 AM
Oct 2023

is doing to Pelosi.

I told him, Marcio this is the same MAGA party who didn't care about Pence being HUNG on January 6th, who still wants to burn this country down to the ground, then turn it into the USSA, who wants their mentally deranged cult-leader, rapist tRump back in the White House to finish off this country, they're the party who hates veterans, the sick, old, minorities, who wants SNAP ended, free lunch programs stopped, to repeal health care for Vets so that they can make those tax cuts for the rich permanent because you know, it's tough out there for Billionaires and millionaires, the same mostly fascist party who adores babies once they turn into kids then it's fuck you and your Mamma too if they need help, the same party who has DeathSantis in it and he's the Governor in floriDUH whose a slavery-defender, yeah, said that the slaves loved slavery---hey, they had three square meals a day of ROTTEN food and working out in the field until DEATH, the party who wants an 11 year old to have her own Father's incest baby, the party who wants to jail women and doctors who try to save a woman's life if she's dying from an ectopic pregnancy. Can I stop now Marcio?

I told my friend to stop trying to find any humanity in tRump, these MAGA asses and in the FREEDUMB KKKcaucus. Those who are not mentally deranged are literally fighting against filthy, nasty, hating, treasonous, enemy combatants

He then said, "Sorry Lena, I see your point." I told him if he ever calls me and tells me that he's "shocked" about something that tRump, MAGA, the Freedumb KKKcaucus, pedophile Gaetz who probably thinks that a 13 year old is a 'hot date,' about anything that self-described Christians and Ladies of the evening Greene and Boebert say, or you tell me about how 'shocked' you are about something that asshole Gosar says about "Those Jew People" with his mentally deranged, racist ass, I'll hang up on you

agingdem

(8,543 posts)
7. this is MAGA McHenry bank-walking..
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 07:56 AM
Oct 2023

playing to his fellow MAGA creatures...see, he's a serious guy, kicking mean Nancy Pelosi out of her office..take that Dems!

True Blue American

(18,444 posts)
14. I doubt he will be elected!
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 09:03 AM
Oct 2023

What a dumb a** way to start, attacking the most brilliant and admired Speaker in History.

John Kennedy told House members to take their meds!

madaboutharry

(41,778 posts)
9. This isn't even her main office.
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 08:08 AM
Oct 2023

It is called the “hideaway” office. It’s a second private office she has had and was allowed to keep out of respect for having served as speaker.

This was McHenry showing the world that he is a small, petty, and graceless man.

CousinIT

(11,148 posts)
10. They're doing this to Steny Hoyer & other Dems too. Petty and vindictive...
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 08:40 AM
Oct 2023

..thy name is REPUBLICAN.

marble falls

(63,980 posts)
11. He's making a statement. This is just a little red meat for the MAGAs. It's small, meaningless ...
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 08:43 AM
Oct 2023

... and mean - prime petty - the way MAGAs like it, so they can gloat and laugh like loons.

If this was really just for voting McCarthy out, then he would have cleared Gaetz' office.

Tom Rinaldo

(23,073 posts)
13. Taking away that office is basic hard ball politics. Changing the locks, during Feinstein's funeral,
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 09:00 AM
Oct 2023

is utterly reprehensible.

underpants

(189,417 posts)
15. McHenry is little turd.
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 09:03 AM
Oct 2023

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New Acting Speaker Patrick McHenry's good friend Kevin McCarthy was ousted as Speaker tonight. The diminutive, bowtied Representative's first act was to try to break the Speaker's podium with his gavel.

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/mchenry-evicts-pelosi-from-office-while-shes-at-feinsteins-funeral



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Texin

(2,709 posts)
17. These sniveling bastards are all just dickless worms. They're worthless, spineless
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 09:32 AM
Oct 2023

little shits.

littlemissmartypants

(26,930 posts)
19. He's an assh*le. It's his MO.
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 09:49 AM
Oct 2023

He's another trumpian psychopath. Cold and calculating.

Don't expect any "Southern Hospitality" from Little McHiney.

ificandream

(11,061 posts)
24. This is only the beginning. They're blaming Democrats for not saving McCarthy.
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 11:25 AM
Oct 2023

Never mind it was Republicans who moved to eject him.

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