CONGRESSIONAL Republicans are “working to have House Speaker Nancy Pelosi removed from office.”
According to Politico, multiple sources say that members of the House Freedom Caucus are trying to get Republican leadership to oust Pelosi.
Earlier this week, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy unveiled a plan to get Pelosi from her coveted position in Congress.
The Contract with America commitment includes Republicans’ priorities: tax breaks and police funding.
“Republicans helped build the greatest economy in a generation and the American way of life was thriving,” McCarthy said on Capitol Hill. “We will do it again.”
McCarthy, as noted by Politico, is the only Republican member who can give a “motion to vacate the chair” in a move to remove Pelosi.
McCarthy would be able to “force a floor vote on whether Pelosi can retain the speaker’s gavel,” per House rules.
But according to the news outlet, McCarthy hasn’t decided whether he will support the effort to remove Pelosi.
He told Fox News on Wednesday: “I don’t think it’s the best move at the moment.”
“The best move is to win 218 seats, and that defeats Nancy Pelosi,” he said.
Per Politico, Democrats are “already privately warning that they could retaliate against McCarthy, potentially with a censure motion, formal reprimand, or even an ethics complaint.”
The Speaker of the House is third in line to the presidency, behind the vice president, according to the presidential line of succession.
That means if President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence were unable to fulfill their duties as leaders of the United States, Pelosi would assume the office of president.
