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Mr. Sparkle

(3,422 posts)
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 08:32 PM Oct 2023

McHenry ordered Pelosi to leave her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday

As one of his first acts as the acting speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry ordered former Speaker Nancy Pelosi to vacate her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday, according to an email sent to her office viewed by POLITICO. “Please vacate the space tomorrow, the room will be re-keyed,” wrote a top aide on the Republican-controlled House Administration Committee. The room was being reassigned by the acting speaker “for speaker office use,” the email said. McHenry, a close McCarthy ally, was first on his list to become acting speaker after the Californian was booted in a Tuesday afternoon vote.

Only a select few House lawmakers get hideaway offices in the Capitol, compared to their commonplace presence in the Senate. The former speaker blasted the eviction in a statement as “a sharp departure from tradition,” adding that she had given former Speaker Dennis Hastert “a significantly larger suite of offices for as long as he wished” during her tenure.

Pelosi had missed the vote to boot McCarthy to stay in San Francisco to attend memorial services for the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a longtime friend of the former speaker. “Sadly, because I am in California to mourn the loss of and pay tribute to my dear friend Dianne Feinstein, I am unable to retrieve my belongings at this time,” she said

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/10/03/congress/mchenry-pelosi-hideaway-office-house-remove-00119803

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McHenry ordered Pelosi to leave her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday (Original Post) Mr. Sparkle Oct 2023 OP
At least hes petty Johonny Oct 2023 #1
In the MAGA world, that gets him 10 extra bonus points, esp. when it's Pelosi who is the target. TheBlackAdder Oct 2023 #86
What a jackass mchenry JohnSJ Oct 2023 #2
That's a feature not a bug as far as the GOP is concerned. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2023 #21
What a punk move. LoisB Oct 2023 #3
If he's doing this, he's going to be a nightmare. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #10
Well I Rebl2 Oct 2023 #36
So true. Weird part is I don't understand McCarthy when he bashed the jimfields33 Oct 2023 #41
I don't think McCarthy is the sharpest tool in the shed but that was dumb even for him. LoisB Oct 2023 #61
Yep MorbidButterflyTat Oct 2023 #63
I thought of McCarthy as a feckless liar but this guy exudes petty nastiness. LoisB Oct 2023 #64
It can ALWAYS get worse soldierant Oct 2023 #81
You're absolutely right.. ShazzieB Oct 2023 #98
ESACTLY.. Never think it can't get Worse Cha Oct 2023 #106
they are all assholes in their own way... agingdem Oct 2023 #95
I think beyond punk.. It's Vicious and Cha Oct 2023 #102
Never heard of McHenry - but he is obviously a DICK. NoMoreRepugs Oct 2023 #4
I live in North Carolina. He's as bad as you can imagine. yardwork Oct 2023 #29
I'm in North Carolina, too, and yep. He's as bad as they get. BComplex Oct 2023 #99
There is a particular type of southern white man... yardwork Oct 2023 #112
There is indeed... BComplex Oct 2023 #114
Jeebus Rice I hate these FalloutShelter Oct 2023 #5
I never realized that closet case was such an asshole. RandySF Oct 2023 #6
This face deserves...in this order...spit, pie and and multiple slaps. Smug GD MFSOB. CurtEastPoint Oct 2023 #7
I knew when he hit his first gavel we were in for a bumpy ride. He almost broke littlemissmartypants Oct 2023 #20
tiny dick CurtEastPoint Oct 2023 #31
Small dick energy. Mr. Evil Oct 2023 #94
Lolol Celerity Oct 2023 #104
Ha hah! Mr. Evil Oct 2023 #108
I saw that gavel whack MorbidButterflyTat Oct 2023 #66
Backpfeifengesicht. I nearly lost my lunch. niyad Oct 2023 #44
Und Schweinhund! peppertree Oct 2023 #62
And it is probably a clip-on! niyad Oct 2023 #65
Ha! peppertree Oct 2023 #72
+1 MorbidButterflyTat Oct 2023 #68
Danke peppertree Oct 2023 #75
Mwah! MorbidButterflyTat Oct 2023 #80
Right back at ya! peppertree Oct 2023 #84
Why oh why did I have to see this as little Ralphie from the Christmas Story all japple Oct 2023 #49
Poster boy for the hated filled white men BigmanPigman Oct 2023 #54
That asshole is only 47? A reverse dorian gray? niyad Oct 2023 #58
Rotten natal chart peppertree Oct 2023 #67
Thank you. That is most illuminating, and helpful. There is much work niyad Oct 2023 #76
You're very welcome peppertree Oct 2023 #82
I wonder what MorbidButterflyTat Oct 2023 #71
Turd dressed in silk is still Bluethroughu Oct 2023 #78
Oh shit that slimey smirk stanin wears a bow tie, , too Cha Oct 2023 #103
McHenry is a verified assh*le and Sam Irvine is rolling over in his grave.. littlemissmartypants Oct 2023 #8
Those of us who are either from or lived in NC for a number of years paleotn Oct 2023 #9
No doubt. I'm sick. littlemissmartypants Oct 2023 #24
I feel for you. paleotn Oct 2023 #32
Oh dear... littlemissmartypants Oct 2023 #34
Hold my beer--Paul Gosar not fooled Oct 2023 #50
Just think how many of them will have died from covid, etc, before the niyad Oct 2023 #69
Hold my keg... rubbersole Oct 2023 #93
Followed by Cawthorn, Traildogbob Oct 2023 #89
Low class AH bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #11
Gotta prove his manhood by kicking women and children rurallib Oct 2023 #12
If he has to work that hard to prove it, then his "manhood" must not be much to begin with. calimary Oct 2023 #59
While she is MorbidButterflyTat Oct 2023 #73
So is that one person call to oust the speaker still in effect? mackdaddy Oct 2023 #13
That may be our best move now. honest.abe Oct 2023 #17
Lol, I love that optimistic question! Drum Oct 2023 #18
He is temporary until a new speaker is selected JohnSJ Oct 2023 #19
If one is. We're in uncharted waters. littlemissmartypants Oct 2023 #25
This happened to the last guy...What's his name from WI LeftInTX Oct 2023 #101
This is a delicious thought. littlemissmartypants Oct 2023 #35
Fucking Dick underpants Oct 2023 #14
Fck this guy mcar Oct 2023 #15
What is it Pelosi's daughter said about her? Mr.Bill Oct 2023 #16
I'd like to see that head rolling with the bow tie still attached Blue Owl Oct 2023 #107
He seems charming. herding cats Oct 2023 #22
Exactly. Racking up brownie points isn't the only thing lost on this cretin. littlemissmartypants Oct 2023 #30
And didn't he see what just happened to McCarthy? not fooled Oct 2023 #53
Vile pig. Good thing for you fucking cons that most libs arent like me. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2023 #23
Pox on you McHenry. I believe in karma and that bastard will get his. FlyingPiggy Oct 2023 #26
whow. I now have a memory of who and what kind of person McHency is-and I do not like it. riversedge Oct 2023 #27
Top priority - own the libs central scrutinizer Oct 2023 #28
Yes. FelineOverlord Oct 2023 #33
Thanks for sharing this. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Oct 2023 #37
Democrats are deliberately decent. Republicans are deliberately repulsive. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2023 #40
I hope they leave a big nasty turd hidden in the air vent MorbidButterflyTat Oct 2023 #79
Winning friends, Pat? Retrograde Oct 2023 #38
That would be Pelosi's polite way of saying MOMFUDSKI Oct 2023 #39
Too late. Staffers are taking stuff out of the office. So horrible to do to jimfields33 Oct 2023 #42
Did you miss the part about rekeying her office? niyad Oct 2023 #47
A typical lying, hateful republicon...nice gesture, asshole. spanone Oct 2023 #43
A very small move by a very small man. N/t alittlelark Oct 2023 #45
Well put. Thank goodness he will be hilariously overbanging the gavel for only a small time. nt crickets Oct 2023 #96
He needs to look up so he can see whale shit Stinky The Clown Oct 2023 #46
Another dick. Joinfortmill Oct 2023 #48
abssolutely disgusting behavior Skittles Oct 2023 #51
Little man syndrome Pas-de-Calais Oct 2023 #52
Fucking asshole has been temp speaker for what...6 seconds? LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #55
What goes around, comes around Major Nikon Oct 2023 #56
May he, and his enablers, receive everything they deserve. niyad Oct 2023 #57
+1 MorbidButterflyTat Oct 2023 #83
what a complete ass Marthe48 Oct 2023 #60
I'm sure he been wanting to do that for a LOONNNGGG time. In It to Win It Oct 2023 #70
next time there is a Democrat as speaker....... Takket Oct 2023 #74
Asshole. MLAA Oct 2023 #77
jeezus barbtries Oct 2023 #85
His action doesn't make him more of a man Marthe48 Oct 2023 #87
No fucking class or decency malaise Oct 2023 #88
POS. That is all. ALBliberal Oct 2023 #90
Fox will have a field day! Aussie105 Oct 2023 #91
Do you think the asshole will toss Pelosi's "belongings" in the hallway tomorrow? flashman13 Oct 2023 #92
Oh boy, another bully. tavernier Oct 2023 #97
We now have 10 year old children running Congress liberal N proud Oct 2023 #100
Are they smarter than a 5th grader? lpbk2713 Oct 2023 #105
Just the beginning of their nastiness. My worst fears coming true already. live love laugh Oct 2023 #109
Why such short notice? Just to be a dick about it? eShirl Oct 2023 #110
This is retribution Shrek Oct 2023 #111
McHenry's first and lasting impression: Jrose Oct 2023 #113

TheBlackAdder

(29,493 posts)
86. In the MAGA world, that gets him 10 extra bonus points, esp. when it's Pelosi who is the target.
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 10:02 PM
Oct 2023

.

Of course, like all chicken shits, he has to do it while she is away attending a funeral service.

.

 

jimfields33

(19,382 posts)
10. If he's doing this, he's going to be a nightmare.
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 08:42 PM
Oct 2023

Never thought it could be worse than McCarthy. Wow. I was extremely wrong.

Rebl2

(16,272 posts)
36. Well I
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 08:56 PM
Oct 2023

figured it could be worse than McCarthy, and guess I was right. Better to stick with the devil you know, than the devil you don’t know.

 

jimfields33

(19,382 posts)
41. So true. Weird part is I don't understand McCarthy when he bashed the
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:03 PM
Oct 2023

Democratic house this past weekend. He definitely would have done a bill for Ukraine. I’m pretty sure of that. If he just kept his mouth shut, he’d be speaker still. I know he said the ridiculous statement about democratic house members to appease the wacko MAGA’s, but it was a stupid overall strategy. Now we’re stuck with this jerk whose first decision is to kick speaker pelosi out of her other office. We’re in for hell! I highly doubt Ukraine gets funding now. So mad.

LoisB

(10,324 posts)
61. I don't think McCarthy is the sharpest tool in the shed but that was dumb even for him.
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:35 PM
Oct 2023

We have got to take back the House in 2024. I don't anticipate anything getting done legislatively between now and then.

MorbidButterflyTat

(2,922 posts)
63. Yep
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:35 PM
Oct 2023

It's all over. Hopeless. Might as well pack it in.



Come on! Oooooh! He kicked Nancy Pelosi out of her office while she's safely hundreds of miles away! That's hell? That's a punk coward suck up useless move by a punk coward. Jeesh!

soldierant

(8,479 posts)
81. It can ALWAYS get worse
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:56 PM
Oct 2023

It could get worse than McConnell.

It could get worse - far worse - than Roberts.

It could even get worse than Trump** was.

Never, never, never think things could not possiblly be worse. That's just asking for trouble.

ShazzieB

(20,538 posts)
98. You're absolutely right..
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 11:30 PM
Oct 2023

I stopped thinking "It can't get any worse" early in the Trump administration. VERY early, in fact.

This guy does sound like a right wanker, but wankers are a dime a dozen the House GOP Caucus right now.

agingdem

(8,558 posts)
95. they are all assholes in their own way...
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 10:24 PM
Oct 2023

and you weren't wrong...McHenry has no intentions of give up the speakership...he has to prove his MAGA gutter scum creds to get the votes he needs to succeed McCarthy..and what better way then to go after Pelosi...I'm looking forward to Hakeem Jeffries and his caucus making life miserable for the new GOP asshole...they know McHenry is a putz...

Cha

(310,506 posts)
102. I think beyond punk.. It's Vicious and
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 12:15 AM
Oct 2023

a DespicableAsshole Order.

And, I hope he gets Backfire Backlash in Many Ways Possible.

BComplex

(9,406 posts)
99. I'm in North Carolina, too, and yep. He's as bad as they get.
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 11:31 PM
Oct 2023

Men in North Carolina can be really catty. (With apologies to cats!)

yardwork

(66,558 posts)
112. There is a particular type of southern white man...
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 11:41 AM
Oct 2023

I say that as a native Ohioan. The Midwest has particular toes, too.

BComplex

(9,406 posts)
114. There is indeed...
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 12:38 PM
Oct 2023

and that particular type of southern white man is mean to the bone, talking gentlemanly and smiling. You can see it in their eyes. Pope is one of those, and so is Berger.

littlemissmartypants

(27,570 posts)
20. I knew when he hit his first gavel we were in for a bumpy ride. He almost broke
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 08:47 PM
Oct 2023

The F N dais. He raised it high and hit it super hard. It was really loud.

Quite the power move, he probably thinks. Assh*le.

MorbidButterflyTat

(2,922 posts)
66. I saw that gavel whack
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:40 PM
Oct 2023

It looked like to me, he almost missed the thing. Oh it was loud. Are MAGAts ever anything but loud? Are we supposed to be intimidated by that?

A bumpy ride? NO. I trust our Dem House leadership.

peppertree

(22,850 posts)
62. Und Schweinhund!
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:35 PM
Oct 2023

That nasty little runt - and his bow-tie - are walking punch lines. Probably a closet case, too.

In that sense, I'm glad Kevin picked him - and hope they keep him on, to embarrass themselves all the way to the next election.

japple

(10,459 posts)
49. Why oh why did I have to see this as little Ralphie from the Christmas Story all
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:17 PM
Oct 2023

grown up into a dick head?

BigmanPigman

(52,972 posts)
54. Poster boy for the hated filled white men
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:20 PM
Oct 2023

he represents. He has the face that probably got punched a lot while growing up for being a prick.

peppertree

(22,850 posts)
67. Rotten natal chart
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:42 PM
Oct 2023

Saturn in a t-square with Sun/Uranus and that evil little asteroid, Chiron.

Misfortune and insecurities galore - mitigated somewhat by a favorable Moon in Tauru$ (and trine Venus).

Probably a crook, too. He's done very well, given that natal chart - I'll give him that.

peppertree

(22,850 posts)
82. You're very welcome
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:56 PM
Oct 2023

Having been burdened by a pretty rotten one myself (Saturn rising, in a dreaded grand cross), in a way I feel bad for him.

But it doesn't entitle him to be such a nasty little Napoleon.

What he just did to Nancy Pelosi is incredibly shameful - if he had any shame.

Cha

(310,506 posts)
103. Oh shit that slimey smirk stanin wears a bow tie, , too
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 12:23 AM
Oct 2023


Fucking asshole is just begging to be taken down.

littlemissmartypants

(27,570 posts)
8. McHenry is a verified assh*le and Sam Irvine is rolling over in his grave..
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 08:41 PM
Oct 2023

On behalf of North Carolina, I'm sorry Madame Speaker.

paleotn

(20,333 posts)
9. Those of us who are either from or lived in NC for a number of years
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 08:42 PM
Oct 2023

know exactly what a vile piece of shit McHenry is. Not surprised at this one bit. Rumer has been for years he has much in common with Lindsey Graham. Just saying.

not fooled

(6,267 posts)
50. Hold my beer--Paul Gosar
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:18 PM
Oct 2023

is my congressdick. Thank dog I'm getting out of this dumbass area next month. That will be a happy day other than that I will lose the ability to cancel out the vote of one of the mouthbreather white supremacists (rife around here) who votes for him.





niyad

(123,616 posts)
69. Just think how many of them will have died from covid, etc, before the
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:44 PM
Oct 2023

next election.

rubbersole

(9,776 posts)
93. Hold my keg...
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 10:17 PM
Oct 2023

Ron desantis. 6th district. Florida. Absent rep, absent governor. Vile, evil, stupid and thinks he is the 8th day gift from god. (Google 8th day ad desantis.) Fucking insane.

Traildogbob

(11,151 posts)
89. Followed by Cawthorn,
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 10:08 PM
Oct 2023

And his Replacement is also a prick. Pushing a bill to give DOD huge mountain tracts of land to train military. Gerrymandering installing crooks at its best.

calimary

(86,184 posts)
59. If he has to work that hard to prove it, then his "manhood" must not be much to begin with.
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:31 PM
Oct 2023

Maybe it's so small he can't find it? Try squinting, dude.

HEY!!!!!! Might make a good nickname for him! Bowtie Boy doesn't seem insulting enough.

mackdaddy

(1,760 posts)
13. So is that one person call to oust the speaker still in effect?
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 08:44 PM
Oct 2023

Would seem to me a democrat could call for a vote to at least screw with this new guy if he wants to be petty.

And if the Democrats voted against him, could he survive the vote?

LeftInTX

(32,761 posts)
101. This happened to the last guy...What's his name from WI
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 11:46 PM
Oct 2023

The guy who ran with Romney

Oops...thought they also ousted Paul Ryan, but he made it through his term .

Mr.Bill

(24,906 posts)
16. What is it Pelosi's daughter said about her?
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 08:45 PM
Oct 2023

Something about her ability to rip your head off before you know you are bleeding?

This punk doesn't know who he is fucking with.

herding cats

(19,689 posts)
22. He seems charming.
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 08:48 PM
Oct 2023

I sure hope he doesn't end up needing anything from the Democratic side of the aisle, because this assures he won't get it.

littlemissmartypants

(27,570 posts)
30. Exactly. Racking up brownie points isn't the only thing lost on this cretin.
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 08:53 PM
Oct 2023

Apologies to medically diagnosed cretins.

not fooled

(6,267 posts)
53. And didn't he see what just happened to McCarthy?
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:20 PM
Oct 2023

after the late Speaker blew it with the Dems.

Geez, these people...

MorbidButterflyTat

(2,922 posts)
79. I hope they leave a big nasty turd hidden in the air vent
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:52 PM
Oct 2023

"Ordered." I wonder who is being quoted here. "I hereby order you..." from hundreds of miles away.

Retrograde

(11,085 posts)
38. Winning friends, Pat?
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 08:58 PM
Oct 2023

and I'm sure you're influencing people - just not in the way you think

 

MOMFUDSKI

(7,080 posts)
39. That would be Pelosi's polite way of saying
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 08:58 PM
Oct 2023

Go Eff Yourself- I will do it when I am damn good and ready. Lol

 

jimfields33

(19,382 posts)
42. Too late. Staffers are taking stuff out of the office. So horrible to do to
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:07 PM
Oct 2023

someone whose given so much to congress. Sad evening.

crickets

(26,158 posts)
96. Well put. Thank goodness he will be hilariously overbanging the gavel for only a small time. nt
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 10:48 PM
Oct 2023

Skittles

(164,012 posts)
51. abssolutely disgusting behavior
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:19 PM
Oct 2023

but...pretty much what we have come to expect from the GOP

Major Nikon

(36,922 posts)
56. What goes around, comes around
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:23 PM
Oct 2023

Fucker will find himself in the basement next to the boiler soon enough.

Marthe48

(20,595 posts)
60. what a complete ass
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:31 PM
Oct 2023

we see what we have, and as the decline and fall of the U.S. House continues, his successor will be worse, and the next worse, and so on, until rwnj presence is intolerable behind the podium, on the floor, in the building.

Takket

(22,965 posts)
74. next time there is a Democrat as speaker.......
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 09:48 PM
Oct 2023

The GOP should get dumpsters for offices.

Disgraceful behavior.

Marthe48

(20,595 posts)
87. His action doesn't make him more of a man
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 10:02 PM
Oct 2023

and it sure doesn't make Madame Speaker any less than the larger than life human being she was, is and will be, forever. He is such a mealy worm, he can't diminish her stellar character and accomplishments.

I know Madame Speaker won't engage in a pissing contest, so the ass from nc lost much more than he gained by his petty little dribble. But from today, he is the scrapings off America's heel. F**k him.

Aussie105

(7,000 posts)
91. Fox will have a field day!
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 10:16 PM
Oct 2023

There will be talk of 'strong leadership', 'just what the county needs now', etc.

Hopefully the locksmith will put the job on hold until there is an order from a 'real' replacement for McCarthy, not an acting one.

Republicans play childish games. Not unexpected. It's a feature, not a fault. So they think.



tavernier

(13,684 posts)
97. Oh boy, another bully.
Tue Oct 3, 2023, 11:10 PM
Oct 2023

Did these little cultists have any trace of human kindness before their weak little brains were taken over by the head porker, or were they always rude and snarly? Hard to imagine running for public office without at least a trace of empathy for the people they would be serving.

eShirl

(19,274 posts)
110. Why such short notice? Just to be a dick about it?
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 03:59 AM
Oct 2023

Oh wait, this is Republicans we're talking about. Being a dick about everything is the only thing they're any good at.

Shrek

(4,250 posts)
111. This is retribution
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 06:18 AM
Oct 2023

McCarthy claims that Pelosi promised to have his back if they tried a Motion to Vacate.

He feels betrayed.

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