The sun had barely set when Rep. Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the presidency on Tuesday, when his temporary replacement issued his first orders: removing Rep. Nancy Pelosi from her honorary Capitol office.

A source familiar with Pelosi’s staff confirmed that officials on Tuesday evening began moving her belongings out of the shelter office, a small branch office where they could retreat between work on the House floor.

Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (R.N.C.), a close ally of McCarthy, is serving as speaker and expelled Pelosi from the privileged office just hours after a House vote that expelled McCarthy, Pelosi’s successor pushed his role.

Pelosi has her major headquarters in another building in the Capitol complex.

Pelosi is in San Francisco grieving and preparing for Thursday’s funeral of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, she said in a statement.

“Office space doesn’t matter to me, but it seems important to them,” Pelosi said. “Now that the new Republican leadership has resolved this important issue, we can hope they get to work on what really matters to the American people.

Pelosi and McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) were famous rivals, but he allowed Pelosi to keep her hideout in the Capitol as a former speaker. Most lawmakers do not have offices in the main Capitol building.

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Pelosi called the office move a break from House tradition, adding that as speaker she gave her Republican predecessor, Rep. Dennis Hastert, “a significantly expanded set of offices for as long as he wanted.”

McHenry is serving in the unprecedented role of speaker pro tempore until the election of a new speaker, which is expected to take place next week.