House Dem Spots Problem With GOP Plan To Make Trump Next Speaker
Some far-right Republican members of the House say they want Donald Trump to become the next speaker after Kevin McCarthy’s stunning ouster on Tuesday threw the body into chaos. GOP Reps. Troy Nehls (Tex.), Greg Steube (Fla.) and Marjorie Taylor-Greene (Ga.) all tweeted in support of Trump becoming speaker, while Jim Jordan (Ohio) told Fox News that if Trump wants to be speaker “that’s fine, too.” Fox News host Sean Hannity claimed Trump “might be open” to the idea.There is no rule saying the speaker must be a member of the House, although every speaker so far has been. But there’s a big problem with the GOP plan to make Trump the first non-member to wield the gavel: Their own rules. Rep. Sean Casten (D-Il.) gave his Republican colleagues a reminder of Rule 26, which was adopted in Januar...