House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on Friday denounced the Republican Party's endeavors to remove two veteran Democrats from their Capitol offices.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on Friday denounced the Republican Party for removing two veteran Democrats from their Capitol offices.
On Tuesday, Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., directed Pelosi to vacate her office by Wednesday, facilitating his takeover of the space. Pelosi was in California at the time for the funeral of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.Two GOP sources told CNN that former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was the driving force behind McHenry's decision to evict Pelosi and Hoyer.
"Less than two hours after the speakership was vacated upon a motion brought by a member of the GOP conference, House Republicans ordered Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and former majority leader Steny H. Hoyer to 'vacate' their hideaway offices in the Capitol," Jeffries wrote. "The decision to strip Speaker Emerita Pelosi and Leader Hoyer of office space was petty, partisan, and petulant.
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