Trump says only JESUS could get the votes needed to become Republican House speaker - and reveals favorite Tom Emmer called him this weekend and is now the ex-president's 'biggest fan'

UK Daily Mail ^ | 10/23/2023 | Nikki Schwab

[DFG]

Donald Trump says Republicans need an act of God to find a candidate for House speaker who could reach the 217 votes needed to take the gavel.

Former President Donald Trump has yet to put a MAGA stamp of approval on any of the current candidates as the House has been embroiled in chaos for 20 days without a speaker after Kevin McCarthy's historic ouster.

Trump was in New Hampshire Monday to officially register to run in the 2024 Republican presidential primary and spoke to reporters about the 'tumult,' as he put it, on Capitol Hill.

The ex-president revealed that frontrunner, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, had called him over the weekend due to his perceived Trump problem - including that the Minnesota Republican had voted to certify Democratic President Joe Biden's 2020 White House win.

'I think he's my biggest fan now because he called me yesterday. He told me, "I'm your biggest fan,"' Trump said, adding that he had talked to a number of House speaker candidates.

A source familiar confirmed to DailyMail.com that Emmer and Trump spoke over the weekend, calling it a 'productive' call.

'But I've spoken to just about all the candidates, quite a few of them and they're terrific people and then their four threshold is very tough, it's a very tough thing,' Trump said, noting how no candidate for the speakership can lose more than four Republican votes without Democratic support.

So far, Democrats have remained in lockstep and voted for Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to serve as speaker.

'I said there's only one person who could do it all the way. You know who that is? Jesus Christ,' the ex-president continued, garnering laughs.

[Berlin_Freeper]

See tagline.

[Organic Panic]

They would never vote for Jesus. The egos in that building already think they are saviors.

[livius]

Trump is an idiot, because anybody who sucks up to him becomes his automatic new favorite.

[Aria]

Maybe that was Trump's way of letting the rats know they shouldn't vote for Emmer....because Emmer said he is Trump's biggest fan.

Although...what a giant mess we have. Possibly would be harder for the critters to publicly vote against Donalds because of his skin color. Not enough experience for the job and a past that needs explaining but a very good record so far.

[one guy in new jersey]

Thus Guy knows many who habitually stop short of saying real things in favor of implying lies or half-truths, or engaging in gossip or detraction, et cetera. FWIW

[digger48]

It’s not unusual for a caucus to vote behind closed doors

They be public for the final vote

[AnotherUnixGeek]

And perhaps the Speaker’s powers should be reduced to parliamentary only, and the Majority Leader position is what sets the agenda, like in the Senate for the Senate President.

Those rules would only apply when Republicans have the majority. Democrats are lock-step behind Hakeem Jeffries, who keeps getting more votes for Speaker than any of the Republican nominees so far. If/when Jeffries gets the Speakership, he'll have all the power Pelosi did over the Democrat caucus.

[bigdaddy45]

Lets see.... suck up to Trump, get his endorsement. Seems to be the common theme among the man with the most fragile ego on the planet.

[bigdaddy45]

Yes, but Emmers is Trump’s biggest fan!! Thats the important thing.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Thank you for the tagline.

[Fairhairedboy]

The good guys are in control. No Speaker needed.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Actually he hasn’t picked anyone yet

[CarmichaelPatriot]

Minnesota Republic is like an Alabama Democrat.

I wouldn’t trust him one bit.

[backpacker_c]

LOL...

The usual suspects are already pushing their tds....

I wonder how many of the others, who were attacking Gaetz’s actions in forcing mccarthy out, are going to show up and which uniparty person they support.

[MayflowerMadam]

Emmer DESPISES Trump. WTH is he thinking? I hope PDJT recalls “The Snake”!

[Jonny7797]

I doubt the RINOs would vote for JC.

[Robert DeLong]

Trump tells allies he doesn’t support Tom Emmer’s speaker bid (10/20/2023)

[Chad C. Mulligan]

According to CTH, Emmer favors eliminating the electoral college.

By my calibrstion, that puts him well into the radical left portion of the political spectrum.

Liar, liar, pants on fire.

[Mouton]

McCarthy supports emmer also. Things equal to the same thing are equal to each other. Trump has learned nothing.

[Fiji Hill]

We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first – rock ‘n’ roll or Christianity

First of all, the Beatles' popularity never came close to that of Jesus. Tens of millions of Christians in Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America most likely never heard of them. And not all listeners in the West were Top 40 fans. Millions of Americans who listened to Adult Contemporary, Country Western, R&B/Soul, or classical music would have been apathetic or even disdainful of the Beatles if they had even heard of them.

Second, Christianity is very much alive, but rock and roll is dead. I don't know how to describe the unlistenable garbage spewing out of popular music stations today, but it's not the rock and roll I grew up with.