“I absolutely hope that she is the Speaker because if we want to take over the House, the best way is to keep Nancy Pelosi right there,” Grenell said on Newsmax’s The Count on Saturday.

“I think her better days are behind her,” he added. “She’s messing up constantly, so let’s keep her as Speaker, and Republicans should give her all the votes she needs to stay right where she is so we can take over in two years. I think that would be a good plan.”

The House of Representatives is scheduled to meet at noon on Sunday to vote for the Speaker of the House.

Pelosi is seeking reelection for her position as Democrats hold the narrowest majority for either party in the last 20 years. The House will begin the session with 222 Democrats and 211 Republicans. After voting for Speaker, members of the 117th Congress will be sworn in.

“I guarantee everybody who can get here will be here,” House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer told The Washington Post last week.

Hoyer, however, acknowledged his uncertainty since the House has faced absences amid the pandemic. “That’s a challenge we’re going to have to work around,” he said.

Democrats were reportedly encouraged to travel to Washington D.C. early to ensure attendance. A proxy vote, which cast on behalf of one representative by another, is not allowed in choosing a Speaker.

In a letter sent to lawmakers on Sunday, Pelosi said she believes the vote for Speaker “will show a united Democratic Caucus.”

“As we go into session today, I do so full of pride to be nominated by our Democratic Caucus to be Speaker of the House,” she said in the letter. “I am enormously grateful for the trust that members have placed in me.”

Pelosi continued: “I am confident that the Speaker’s election today will show a united Democratic Caucus ready to meet the challenges ahead, and that we are prepared to set our country on a new course, starting with the Electoral College meeting on Wednesday.”

At least two Democrats, Representative Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania and Jared Golden of Maine, plan not to vote for Pelosi. A third, Representative Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, is rumored to also vote against Pelosi, according to Politico.

In 2019, about 15 Democrats voted in opposition of Pelosi.

Newsweek reached out to the House Speaker, but didn’t hear back in time for publication.