.MaddowBlog: Rep. Gaetz doesn't just want former President Trump to become House Speaker, he's spoken directly to him about the idea.
."I would love to see the gavel go from Nancy Pelosi to Donald Trump," Meadows told Bannon."You talk about melting down, people would go crazy!"
At a certain level, it would be a drama worthy of Shakespeare if House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, after all of the sycophantic support he's offered Trump in the hopes of advancing his own personal ambitions, failed to get the job he wanted because the former president took it for himself. But in all likelihood, the entire scheme is extraordinarily unlikely. For one thing, there's no guarantee the GOP will take back the House. For another, if Republicans succeed in claiming a majority, it's impossible to imagine McCarthy voluntarily standing aside and giving up the position he's wanted for years.That does not mean, however, that the chatter is irrelevant.
Indeed, as Gaetz, Meadows, Bannon, and others keep this strange fire burning, it seems almost inevitable that some congressional Democrats will tell voters,"A vote for my opponent is a vote to put Donald Trump in Congress' most powerful job." Similarly, it may soon become inevitable that GOP candidates will be asked an awkward question:"Would you consider Trump for House Speaker?"
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