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.
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There is no Constitutional requirement that the SOTHOR be a member of Congress.
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.
Ryan begged the House not to pick him. Why didn’t they listen!!!
You’ve got it. Most people don’t know that you do not have to be a member of Congress to be the speaker.
Maybe they knew what they were doing?
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 ...
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????
The Speaker of the House does not have to be a member of the House.
The important thing is that Ryan is getting pressured to stop stabbing us in the back. He might even do it someday.
Okay, so who would you pick for Speaker of the House?
Lou Dobbs just said that POTUS & Ryan are having dinner tonight. I hope Trump kicks his ass & tells him to step down.
Pick me! Pick me!
LIST FOR SPEAKER
Palin, Ann Coulter, Mark Stein, Matt Drudge, Walter Williams, Alex Jones, Rush.
I would die a happy man to have heard Mark Stein shout “get off the floor you big dummy” in the House!
Eeeeenteresting! *taps finger tips together ponderously*
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