Posted on 10/23/2023 1:37:09 PM PDT by 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.
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Satan would have an easier time winning the vote for Speaker. He would get all of the Democrats plus a lot of RINOs.
I think we should get Nutsy Pelousy to do it again. She is so fun.
Trump and his love for McCarthycrats, it’s so heartwarming to support endless spending, tyranny and bureaucracy. Covidocrats unite.
Another phenomenal Trump pick in the works. /s
Favorite Tom Emmer? Says who? He be all mixed up with Soros and stuff...
Yup, the usual Freeper Freaks are at it. As you can see I enjoy a good alliteration.
Emmer is a Soros plant:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/10/you-just-cant-make-this-up-gop-house/
If Jesus was on the ballot to be Speaker, the democrats would unanimously support Hakeem Jeffries.
I’m not sure the GOP would unanimously vote for Him, either.
Yeah... Trump could do many things as POTUS 47. He won’t be draining it.
I think we should get Nutsy Pelousy to do it again
We likely will have Pelosi as the Speaker of the House in January 2025. That’s now becoming the consensus. So, if a Republican wins the White House, we will likely see a Democrat controlled House and Senate.
This was not the case a few weeks ago.
He won’t be draining it.
Unlikely now. The House is probably going to fall to the dems this time around. That means a Dem controlled House and Senate. I pity the next Republican President
I’m hearing on The Warroom that Trump was just trying to be nice.
Trump will have huge coattails. RINO scare tactics will not work anymore.
We heard you the first time Nancy.
Sounds about right, his nice is my snarky, LOL.
I think we could turn this disaster around if Trump were elected as Speaker. I think it would be GREAT for his campaign. He not only needs enough votes to win (as he got the last time) he needs enough votes to overcome democrat voter fraud (which he did not get) - he needs to win so much that within an hour or two he’s declared the winner early on election night. That’s how big he must win to overcome democrat cheating.
Throwing NeverTrumpers overboard and hurling insults instead of discussing policy and getting them on the Trump team is NOT going to win you enough to beat the cheating.
Jesus couldn’t get the votes in congress. But Satan could.
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