Pelosi’s House Speech Skipped by Most Senior Republican Officials

Top Republican leaders did not attend House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) speech Thursday announcing she is stepping down from her leadership position.
Video footage of the House chamber showed that only House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) attended Pelosi’s speech among the GOP leaders. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Chair of the House Republican Conference Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) were not there.
Several reporters noted that only a small number of rank-and-file House Republicans went to Pelosi’s event.
“I will not seek reelection to Democratic leadership in the next Congress,” Pelosi said. “For me, the hour’s come for a new generation to lead the Democratic caucus.”…}