Lauren Boebert Fumes as Nancy Pelosi Has Capitol Room Named After Her

Lauren Boebert has shared her contempt for a House Democrats' proposal to name a historic room in the Capitol complex after Speaker Nancy Pelosi with her 620,000 followers on Twitter on Thursday, saying she couldn't think of "anyone less deserving."

In a video published on her official profile as representative for Colorado 3rd congressional district, Boebert said: "Y'all aren't going to believe this. With 40-year record-high inflation and millions crossing our southern border, what is the House of Representative working on?

"Well, yesterday, Democrats voted to name a room in the Capitol complex after Nancy Pelosi. I can't think of anything less important, or frankly anyone less deserving."

Naming rooms in the Capitol complex after House representatives is considered an honor rarely bestowed. The first time that a room was named after a representative was in 1962, when three-time House speaker Sam Rayburn had the East Front's ornate new reception room named after him, following his death the year before.

Since then, other representatives have had rooms named after them—including Lindy Boggs, the first woman to be elected to Congress from Louisiana and the first to preside over a national political convention when she chaired the Democratic National Convention in 1976 in New York City.

Pelosi, 82, became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House in 2007 and made history again in 2019 when she was re-elected to the same role. She will have room 390 of the Cannon House Office Building—the oldest congressional office building—in the Capitol complex named after her, according to a resolution pushed forward by House Democrats.

The resolution was introduced on November 29 by Democratic representative for the 19th district of California and House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren. It was "resolved" by the House on November 30, as per Congress data available online.

"The caucus room in the Cannon House Office Building (room 390) is designated as the 'Speaker Nancy Pelosi Caucus Room'," the resolution reads.

The resolution requires only a simple majority in the House to be passed, suggesting that it could be approved before Republicans take control of it in January 2023, and before Pelosi steps down of her role as speaker.

After the midterms, Pelosi said she will not retire, as many were speculating, but that she'll step down from the Democratic leadership as soon as the 117th Congress comes to an end on January 3, 2023.

"The hour has come for a new generation to lead the Democratic caucus that I so deeply respect," she said in a speech at the House on November 17.

Pelosi will remain in the House representing her congressional district.

The room to be named after her is of key symbolic importance for Democrats, and for Pelosi herself. Room 390 in the Cannon House Office Building is where the Jan. 6 Committee held its public hearings, presenting its findings from the investigation into the Capitol riots.

In a statement quoted by The Hill, Lofgren called the initiative a "small tribute to a towering figure" who "has been a singular force for good throughout her 35 years in the House of Representatives."

The California congresswoman praised Pelosi for having "dedicated her life to the dignity of the American people, to the defense of our democracy and, always foremost, to the children and the posterity of our nation."