Posted on 12/07/2021 3:42:59 PM PST by RandFan
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said Tuesday he's spoken directly with former President Donald Trump about installing Trump as House speaker if Republicans win control of the chamber in the midterms, reviving an idea he pushed over the summer that was largely dismissed by all but the most extreme right fringes of the GOP.
When asked at a news conference whether he'd spoken with Trump about the idea, a beaming Gaetz—one of the most hard-right representatives in Congress—responded: "I have," though he wouldn't go into further details.
Gaetz launched a fundraising effort in the summer after he promised to nominate Trump as speaker if the GOP retakes the House, though Trump associates denied he had any interest in the role.
The idea did gather some steam among high-profile, far-right Republicans, like Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who said she "would love" for Trump to be speaker and for House Republicans to impeach President Joe Biden
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Speaker doesn’t need to be a member of Congress
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You are correct sir....learned something today.
Then it would come down to internal egos amongst the elected critters.
It would be even more political theater.
You’re right there. Ego’s would still be in play if here were a member though.
Oh that would be great to see! Imagine going up against Pelosi’s crowd......and he certainly would put the flame under the GOP butts. Not to mention the Demorats and Republicans would show up for work!
“Oh my! Would you look at the scare words! Hard-right! Scary.”
How often do we see the word “right” without ‘far,’ ‘hard’ or something worse attached?
Lol
Infiltrated, like every other institution in this country.
Huh? Matt Gaetz is the one asking for the Speakership.
Disregard last note.
Trump is good at lots of things. He’d probably make a poor Speaker. That’s a job for different talents.
Not infiltrated, bought outright by the Chinese. 95% of it is owned by a Chicom media company: Whale Media Investment
sounds like gaetz is a pompous jerk
“far-right” is libspeak for “Real American”
At the very least this is great trolling. Clearly libtards are not the only ones triggered by it. :)
I think Steve Forbes and his siblings sold it a few years back. Editorial stance changed under the new management.
This is a move he should have kept quiet about.
Stupid to broadcast your plans to the enemy
There’s no harm in Gaetz spouting this nonsense because it’s never going to happen.
You mean let them get the jump on us again? That worked out real well for us last November. Hit them with the fear now!
As usual, globalist Forbes fumbles and farts...
What a disgraceful POS outfit this has turned out to be in the past 20 years...
Jordan or Gosar for Speaker.
Gaetz is not good enough.
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