Several conservative social-media accounts were celebrating the end of Nancy Pelosi's speaker on Thursday, after it was announced on Wednesday night that the Republican Party had won back control of the House of Representatives by a slim majority. Most claimed Pelosi "has been fired."

Republican actors and social media accounts have been celebrating "firing" Nancy Pelosi after the GOP won the House of Representatives. In this photo, Pelosi attends a press conference at the COP27 convention complex in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on November 11, 2022.
Republican actors and social media accounts have been celebrating "firing" Nancy Pelosi after the GOP won the House of Representatives. In this photo, Pelosi attends a press conference at the COP27 convention complex in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on November 11, 2022.© JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images
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The expression is technically incorrect, as Pelosi, 82, still maintains her job as congresswoman within the House of Representatives, though she will no longer be the speaker.

And yet the phrase is part of a "Fire Nancy Pelosi" campaign, which has marked the weeks before the midterms and can be considered to have fueled the toxic political environment that led to the hammer attack against her husband, Paul, also 82, on October 28.

"Tonight it's official: One-party Democrat rule is FINISHED. We have fired Nancy Pelosi," wrote California Rep. Kevin McCarthy on Twitter on Wednesday night, after winning the GOP backing to become the new majority House speaker.

McCarthy won the Republican nomination in a vote of 188 to 31, defeating Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs, who ran as a protest candidate.

The same remarks about Pelosi being "fired" were repeated by several Republican actors and conservative media accounts, including Mike Pence.

The former vice president tweeted: "Congratulations to our new and re-elected Republican members of Congress! Because of your dedication to the American people and to American Freedom, Republicans have won the House and fired Nancy Pelosi once and for all! The Great American Comeback is here!"