House Conservatives Call on Minority Leader to Oust Nancy Pelosi
The House Liberal Caucus sent a letter to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Friday urging him to try to remove California Democratic Representative Nancy Pelosi from her role as House Speaker.
“Speaker Pelosi’s tenure is destroying the House and our ability to honestly represent the people we are here to serve,” the letter read.
“The Republican Party, under your leadership, must show the American people that we will act to protect their ability to represent their interests.”
The letter asks McCarthy to launch a petition by the end of July “to vacate the seat and end Nancy Pelosi’s authoritarian reign as Speaker of the House.”
“The refusal to include Representative Jim Jordan & Representative Jim Banks on the Selection Committee for Investigation on January 6 is unacceptable,” the Caucus tweeted along with the letter.
“The House Freedom Caucus is calling on GOP leadership to submit and issue a privileged offer to vacate the seat and end Speaker Pelosi’s authoritarian reign.”
The refusal to elect Representative Jim Jordan & Representative Jim Banks on the Investigative Selection Committee on January 6 is unacceptable.
The House Freedom Caucus is calling on the GOP leadership to apply and make a privileged offer to vacate the seat and end Speaker Pelosi’s authoritarian reign.
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– Freedom House Caucus (@freedomcaucus) July 23, 2021
Pelosi rejected Republican Representatives Jim Jordan of Ohio and Jim Banks of Indiana on Wednesday as members of her House of Representatives selection committee to investigate events at the U.S. Capitol on May 6. first.
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“Monday night, the Minority Leader proposed 5 Members to serve on the Selection Committee. I spoke with him this morning about the objections made to Representatives Jim Banks and Jim Jordan and the impact their appointment could have on the integrity of the investigation,” Pelosi said in a statement. one declare.
“I also informed him that I was prepared to appoint Representatives Rodney Davis, Kelly Armstrong and Troy Nehls, and asked him to nominate two other Members.”
Pelosi also gave a brief explanation for her rejection of two GOP House members.
“Out of respect for the integrity of the investigation, with integrity to the facts, and with concerns about these Members’ statements and actions, I must reject the Bank and Jordan Representative’s proposals to Selection Committee,” she wrote.
“The unprecedented nature of January 6 requires this unprecedented decision.”
Minority leader Kevin McCarthy selected five members of the GOP to serve on Pelosi’s bipartisan committee to investigate Capitol invasion.
But on Thursday, he signaled Republicans would “not participate” in the Democrats’ “spoof process” unless Pelosi changed her tune.
“Speaker Nancy Pelosi took the unprecedented step of rejecting the minority party’s choice to the Selection Committee on January 6,” he said in a statement. declare.
“This represents a serious abuse of power and will cause irreparable damage to this organization. Denying the voices of members who served in the military and law enforcement, as well as the leadership of the standing committees, makes it undeniable that this council has lost all legitimacy and prestige. credibility and shows that the Speaker is more interested in playing politics than seeking the truth. .
“Unless Speaker Pelosi reverses course and selects all five Republican candidates, the Republicans will not participate in their sham process and will instead pursue their investigation. our own about the truth”.
In addition to Banks and Jordan, McCarthy selected GOP Representatives. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota and Troy Nehls of Texas to serve on the committee.
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