Freedom Caucus Urges Long-Shot Bid to Oust Pelosi

[RandySF]

“Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are quietly working to convince GOP leadership to sign off on a long-shot bid to oust Nancy Pelosi from the speakership, which would represent a major affront to the California Democrat if they follow through with the plan,” Politico reports.

“House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is the only GOP member who can offer a ‘motion to vacate the chair’ and force a floor vote on whether Pelosi can retain the speaker’s gavel, according to House rules implemented at the start of this Congress. McCarthy apparently has not yet decided whether he will support the insurgent effort.”

“But McCarthy did agree to hold a GOP conference meeting next Tuesday to discuss the idea… a sign that he is at least giving serious consideration to deploying the procedural weapon. McCarthy did not respond to requests for comment.”




https://politicalwire.com/2020/09/16/freedom-caucus-urges-long-shot-bid-to-oust-pelosi/

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Amazing...so many people trying to kill me and my family.

Or is it my family and I?

[Drunken Irishman]

2. Good luck with that.

[mobeau69]

3. That's a shoddy piece. Leaves the reader going "Huh?".

[brush]

4. I've never heard the minority leader can force a vote to the floor.

Is that true? Doesn't sound quite right. Why would there be a Speaker, from the majority party, if she/he can be undercut like that by someone not in the majority?

[Me.]

5. That's What I Want To Know

[Me.]

6. Here's MOre Of The Story

“Democrats, though, are already privately warning that they could retaliate against McCarthy, potentially with a censure motion, formal reprimand, or even an ethics complaint. Doing so would set off a partisan food fight among House leaders even as the country suffers through the worst health and economic problems in a century.

And Republicans would need to get a majority of the House to win on any motion to replace Pelosi. Republicans hold only 198 seats, versus 232 for Democrats, making it far easier for Democrats to hit McCarthy than the other way around.

McCarthy huddled Wednesday with Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and other members of the conservative group, who argue that Pelosi should be removed from her post for leading the effort to impeach President Donald Trump, not allowing more floor votes on amendments and calling Republicans who support Trump “domestic enemies,” among other things.

While the chances of the procedural motion succeeding are next to zero, if McCarthy pulls the trigger it could destroy his relationship with Pelosi, who reclaimed the gavel last year after quashing a mini-rebellion inside the Democratic caucus to deny her the speakership. Still, Pelosi lost 15 Democrats in the floor vote, including incumbents who had vowed to oppose her and freshmen from Republican-leaning districts who are now facing tough reelection battles this November"

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/16/freedom-caucus-mccarthy-pelosi-speaker-416432

[Blue_true]

8. If Democratic Party freshmen and freshwomen support such a proposal,

they would have lost their seats. Republican voters won’t reward that and loyal democrats will shun them and not vote on their races.

[Me.]

9. One Would Hope They've Learned The Lesson Of THe Value Of Speaker Pelosy

over the last 2 years

[grantcart]

7. Pasty white Neanderthals practicing herd mentality, please proceed.