Headline Roundup • July 23rd, 2021
House Freedom Caucus Asks McCarthy to Attempt to Remove Pelosi As House Speaker
Summary from the AllSides News Team
On Friday, the House Freedom Caucus sent a letter to Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) requesting he motion to vacate the House Speaker's chair, removing Nancy Pelosi from her position, next week. The conservative House Freedom Caucus cited Pelosi's refusal to seat Rep. Jim Jordan and Rep. Jim Banks on the committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol breach; In the letter, the group also cited āallowing proxy voting" and "insulting security measures like metal detectors for Members coming to the floor to voteā as reasons for Pelosi's removal. On Thursday, Pelosi announced the committee will proceed despite GOP "antics."
Outlets from across the spectrum speculated that the motion is likely to fail in the Democrat-led House; some outlets mentioned a plan by "Trump loyalists" to reinstate former President Donald Trump as president by removing Pelosi and installing Trump as House Speaker, then impeaching President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Politico
The conservative House Freedom Caucus is urging Kevin McCarthy to try to boot Nancy Pelosi from her position as speaker, a sign of further escalating tensions after the California Democrat vetoed two of the House Minority Leaderās GOP picks from the Jan. 6 select committee.
In a letter Friday, the far-right group asked McCarthy to file and bring up a privileged motion by July 31 āto vacate the chair and end Nancy Pelosiās authoritarian reign as Speaker of the House.ā
The Hill
A bloc of House conservatives on Friday pressed Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to force a floor vote by next week to oust Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for blocking two Republicans from serving on the special committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Such a vote on whatās known as a āmotion to vacate the chairā would be quickly rejected by Democrats, who control the majority, and some moderate Republicans.
But the one-page letter from the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus represents a test for McCarthy, who likely will need Freedom Caucus support in his quest...
The Daily Wire
The House Freedom Caucus sent a letter to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Friday requesting that he attempt to remove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) from her position as Speaker after a week of drama on Capitol Hill.
The move is the most recent development in a series of actions taken by members of both parties over the past week with regard to the formation of the January 6 Select Committee.
The caucus wrote to McCarthy, saying that they ārespectfully request that you pursue the authorization of the House Republican...
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