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

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.

  • orclev@lemmy.world
    60·
    1 year ago

    Just when I think things can’t get any dumber, here comes a MAGAt to prove me wrong. I would say this is just a stupid stunt that won’t get anywhere, but since we’re clearly still on the dumbest possible timeline I’m scared he might actually win the position.

    From a practical standpoint, if he were to become speaker, would that disqualify him from running for president? Or would it be one of those things where he could just resign if he won?

    Here’s hoping it’s a moot point because he’s behind bars soon.

    • DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      27·
      1 year ago

      I just can’t imagine him having a role like that where he’s not always the centre of attention but has to listen to other people.

      • orclev@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        1 year ago

        Which raises another interesting question, what happens if he turns down the position?

        Edit: Thinking about this more, this entire thing is a really fascinating thought exercise even if him actually getting elected would be just the absolute dumbest possible outcome for many, many reasons, not the least of which would be his complete and total inability to actually do the job.

      • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        62·
        1 year ago

        Frankly this is precisely why I’d like to see him nominated. It would put him under an enormous public spotlight.

        • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          He’d just give a list of stand-ins and never do anything beyond gloat, bloviate, and egg on his white terrorists to put him back in the presidency.

          He’s not capable of understanding how to officiate taking a shit on his own. How’s he gonna announce bills?

    • Billiam@lemmy.world
      10·
      1 year ago

      Just remember: when you think a MAGAt has hit rock bottom… they own lots of heavy mining equipment and don’t give a fuck about the environment.