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Troy Nehls, from Texas, calls Trump ‘the greatest president of my lifetime’ and says he will nominate him to replace Kevin McCarthy

A Texas Republican said he would nominate Donald Trump to be the next speaker of the US House of Representatives, after the party completed the unprecedented removal of one of its own, Kevin McCarthy.

Troy Nehls said: “This week, when the US House of Representatives reconvenes, my first order of business will be to nominate Donald J Trump for speaker of the US House of Representatives.

“President Trump, the greatest president of my lifetime, has a proven record of putting America first and will make the House great again.”

The speaker does not have to be a member of Congress, though no speaker has ever assumed the role without holding a seat.

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[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 35 points 1 year ago

The rules say a person under indictment can not hold the position. Now they could try to change the rules, but I don't think they could get enough votes to do it.

[-] CompostMaterial@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

That's ok, none of the Republican congressmen know how to read, so silly things like "rules" won't get in their way.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

They didn't let the rules get in the way when they initiated the Biden impeachment.

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

They'd need to pick a speaker before they can change the rules, right? I thought the speaker pro tempore can't hold votes on anything but a new speaker.

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