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.
How does one manage a working relationship with someone staying in the Grey Bar Hotel? And why would they need to?
It’s so hard to understand these guys when they talk with their mouths full.
My gag reflex kicked right the hell in.
Tom Emmer is a limp wiener.
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.
Latrine duty is probably not a one person job. I doubt anyone would put them on kitchen duty.
No mention of the conspiracy to overthrow the government then.
Whatever is in power on the Right is in power in the world. There is no other explanation.
Rich, Protestant white men own the world and democracy is a sop.
And as usual, imagine if Hakeem Jeffries tweeted this about working with Obama …
This is Trump’s power. He blasphemes for laffs. He has a huge following. A great entertainer.
Not to mention what they would do when he says “What is gay? I never said anything about that.”
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.
Who, exactly, was Emmer addressing?
Does he know that we only have one president at a time, that president being Joe Biden?
The other dude is just an incompetent, disgraced ex…
Of shit.
"You know that four threshold is very tough, it’s a very tough thing no matter who it is.”
“four threshold”??
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.
“I’m staying above it, I have to right now”
Donald Trump lies all the time about everything to everyone. TRUMP is fading, and Donald Trump knows it, so no time for show biz.
Too busy hiding bodies.
