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Gingrich or Santorum as speaker? House conservatives plot mischief for the fall
Washington Post ^ | 09/07/2017 | Robert Costa and Ashley Parker

Posted on 09/07/2017 1:25:36 PM PDT by gubamyster

Several influential House conservatives are privately plotting ways to use the legislative calendar this fall to push their hard-line agenda — including quiet discussions about possibly mounting a leadership challenge to House Speaker Paul D. Ryan.

The group has gone so far as to float the idea of recruiting former House speaker Newt Gingrich or former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum as potential replacements for Ryan (R-Wis.) should there be a rebellion. The Constitution does not require that an elected member of the House serve as speaker.

While the chances that a non-House member could mount a credible threat to Ryan are exceedingly slim, the fact the group has even toyed with the idea underscores their desire to create trouble for GOP leaders if they believe their demands are not being addressed.

The closed-door conversations are being led by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, in consultation with his allies on the right, in particular Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist who recently returned to his perch as executive chairman of the Breitbart News website. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and other Freedom Caucus members are also involved in the talks to varying degrees, according to nearly a dozen people with knowledge of the discussions.

On Wednesday, Meadows, Jordan and Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) took their concerns directly to Ryan, telling him in a private meeting in the Capitol that his failure to enact conservative priorities could diminish his support among conservatives.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2losers; bannon; congress; freedomcaucus; gingrich; globalwarming; newt; replacespeakerryan; ryan; santorum
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To: z3n

There is no Constitutional requirement that the SOTHOR be a member of Congress.


21 posted on 09/07/2017 1:53:49 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: gubamyster

Mischief is what we have now...

Gingrich h would be like Jekyll and Hyde, but I’d take him.

Mr Rogers and his sweater, sure, better than Ryan.


22 posted on 09/07/2017 1:57:09 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (We must never shut up. Covfefe: A great dish served piping hot!)
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To: Leep

Ryan begged the House not to pick him. Why didn’t they listen!!!


23 posted on 09/07/2017 2:14:41 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Red Badger

You’ve got it. Most people don’t know that you do not have to be a member of Congress to be the speaker.


24 posted on 09/07/2017 2:25:33 PM PDT by Jackson Brown
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To: Sacajaweau

Maybe they knew what they were doing?


25 posted on 09/07/2017 2:32:50 PM PDT by Leep (Less talk more ACTiON!)
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To: gubamyster

Just what the Pubbies need — Gingrich who was forced out as Speaker and Santorum who lost his senate seat.

Hopefully, this is a joke, but ...


26 posted on 09/07/2017 3:12:30 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Reno89519
Santorum is a very weak Republican, do nothing person..

He is a PROFESSIONAL POLITICIAN...and a failure at running for POTUS..

HE IS NOT A PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENT AND HAS NOT BEEN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS..

NO WAY DO WE WANT HIM AS A SPEAKER????

27 posted on 09/07/2017 3:14:28 PM PDT by haircutter
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To: gubamyster

The Speaker of the House does not have to be a member of the House.


28 posted on 09/07/2017 3:40:57 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: gubamyster

The important thing is that Ryan is getting pressured to stop stabbing us in the back. He might even do it someday.


29 posted on 09/07/2017 3:48:37 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

Okay, so who would you pick for Speaker of the House?


30 posted on 09/07/2017 3:49:35 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Teacher317
The important thing is that Ryan is getting pressured to stop stabbing us in the back. Exactly - that is the key point of this article & the other 10 posted about the subject.

Lou Dobbs just said that POTUS & Ryan are having dinner tonight. I hope Trump kicks his ass & tells him to step down.

31 posted on 09/07/2017 4:17:00 PM PDT by gubamyster
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To: Red Badger

Pick me! Pick me!


32 posted on 09/07/2017 4:28:56 PM PDT by TheNext (Obamacare is KILLING GRANDMA!)
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To: TBP

LIST FOR SPEAKER

Palin, Ann Coulter, Mark Stein, Matt Drudge, Walter Williams, Alex Jones, Rush.


33 posted on 09/07/2017 4:34:20 PM PDT by TheNext (Obamacare is KILLING GRANDMA!)
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To: TheNext

I would die a happy man to have heard Mark Stein shout “get off the floor you big dummy” in the House!


34 posted on 09/07/2017 5:02:17 PM PDT by jdsteel (Give me freedom not more government.)
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To: central_va

Eeeeenteresting! *taps finger tips together ponderously*


35 posted on 09/08/2017 6:07:57 AM PDT by z3n
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