And years ago, Pelosi mulled saving then-Speaker John Boehner from a similar hard-right mutiny. Back in 2015, then-Republican House Speaker John Boehner faced down a similar motion-to-vacate threat from rabble-rousing conservatives. AdvertisementAdvertisement"We would protect the institution," she told reporters, according to the Daily Beast. I made the same offer to Boehner, and same thing to [former Speaker Paul Ryan] because I believe in the institution," McCarthy recounted Pelosi saying. But Pelosi herself argued after McCarthy's ouster that this time was different, saying McCarthy didn't respect the institution of the House of Representatives.

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