Perhaps hoping to avoid another embarrassing situation in which his chosen candidate for speaker of the House loses three rounds of votes — and gets his speaker designee status yanked out of his hands by his colleagues — former President Donald Trump made the tongue-in-cheek (sort of?) suggestion this afternoon that perhaps Jesus Christ is the best candidate for speaker.
Wait. They are suggesting Jesus be Speaker? Are you kidding me? The minute he mentioned peace, love, and understanding the Republicans would kill him … again!
Amid the many ways the House Republicans are disgracing the House is one that deserves more notice: since when does a House Speaker (or wannabe Speaker) work closely with an ex-president, esp. one who lost his position in the last election? In the past, even a Speaker of the same party as a sitting President has maintained her or his institutional independence from the president, proudly.
And sadly, he’s one of just two candidates who voted to certify the 2020 election.
If he actually becomes Speaker, the good thing is he’s terrible at counting heads, giving the Dems that much more of an advantage. Of course, he’ll be shot down by the Freedom Caucus the first time the Dems take that advantage.
So going along with the Donnie is the Anonited One, the King Maker if you will, the new speaker is not a person but a peon to do their master’s bidding.
But yeah you’re right why would some who makes it to SOTH be beholden to anyone other than the members of his caucus?
ETA: I don’t think it’s taken this long to elect a Pope.
I have to agree. At least point out that the main reason Trump doesn’t like Emmer is that the latter didn’t go along with the fake elector scheme. And also that 7 out of the 9 did go along with it.