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Pelosi says interim House speaker McHenry has ordered her to vacate her office in the Capitol building (www.cnn.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Adramis@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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Truly the most important thing the interim House speaker should be focusing on right now - petty bullshit while someone is mourning a colleague. /s

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Except he did know that Pelosi was out of town; she didn't vote on the motion to vacate, after all. Furthermore, she is out of town for a rather high-profile funeral. Even if he was within his powers to order this (which is debatable), and he had a valid reason, he could have waited until she came back to do this.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 year ago

Not just any high-profile funeral. San Francisco is Pelosi's constituency. She represents San Francisco in the House of Representatives, so if any member of Congress has a good excuse to be absent, it's her.

[–] robsuto@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Good point.