House Freedom Caucus Demands Pelosi Be Removed From Speaker Position

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The conservative House Freedom Caucus sent a letter to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Friday calling for Nancy Pelosi to be removed from her leadership post in the congressional chamber.

House Freedom Caucus Lashes Out At Pelosi

“We, the House Freedom Caucus, respectfully request that you pursue the authorization of the House Republican Conference, pursuant to Conference rules, to file and bring up a privileged motion by July 31, 2021 to vacate the chair and end Nancy Pelosi’s authoritarian reign as Speaker of the House,” the group wrote in the letter.

“Speaker Pelosi’s tenure is destroying the House of Representatives and our ability to faithfully represent the people we are here to serve. Speaker Pelosi has championed unconstitutional changes like allowing proxy voting and insulting security measures like metal detectors for Members coming to the floor to vote,” the Freedom Caucus added.

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McCarthy Sounds Off On Pelosi

This push to remove Pelosi came after she rejected two of the five lawmakers that McCarthy named as his picks to serve on a select committee that will be investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

“Speaker Nancy Pelosi has taken the unprecedented step of denying the minority party’s picks for the Select Committee on January 6. This represents an egregious abuse of power and will irreparably damage this institution,” McCarthy said in a statement in which he blasted Pelosi for rejecting his picks.

“Denying the voices of members who have served in the military and law enforcement, as well as leaders of standing committees, has made it undeniable that this panel has lost all legitimacy and credibility and shows the Speaker is more interested in playing politics than seeking the truth,” he added. “Unless Speaker Pelosi reverses course and seats all five Republican nominees, Republicans will not be party to their sham process and will instead pursue our own investigation of the facts.”

Related: Pelosi Considering More Anti-Trump Republicans For January 6 Committee After Rejecting GOP Picks

House Freedom Caucus Doubles Down

The House Freedom Caucus believes that Pelosi no longer should be allowed to serve as Speaker.

“Less easily reversible is the damage done to the institution by the Leadership of one party dictating the ability of Members of another party to serve in roles at the discretion of their own conference. That abuse cannot go unchecked. Speaker Pelosi’s refusal to seat Rep. Jim Jordan and Rep. Jim Banks on the Select Committee to Investigate January 6 is intolerable,” the Freedom Caucus’s letter stated.

“That this follows the intolerable action of unseating another Republican from her committees makes clear that Speaker Pelosi has no interest in representative democracy, let alone protecting institutional norms,” the Freedom Caucus added. “Republicans, under your leadership, must show the American people that we will act to protect our ability to represent their interests.”

This piece was written by James Samson on July 24, 2021. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.

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