House GOP Leader Rejects Conservative Push to Remove Pelosi as Speaker

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) (L) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in file photos. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus are attempting to convince House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to back an effort to remove House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), which McCarthy rejected.

He told Fox News on Wednesday night that he won’t pursue the long-shot move against Pelosi. The Freedom Caucus has only 40 of the House’s 435 seats.