Trump Can’t Become Speaker Due to GOP’s Own Rules, Dem Lawmaker Points Out

https://truthout.org/articles/trump-cant-become-speaker-due-to-gops-own-rules-dem-lawmaker-points-out/

One GOP lawmaker has said that he will nominate Trump to be speaker when voting starts next week.

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Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
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Fixbeat@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y (3 replies)
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dudewitbow@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y

No dont have to be in congress to be a speaker.

The rule theyre referring to is one that says the speaker cannot have a felony indicment that has a sentence of 2 yars or more of jail time.

So if any of Trumps almost 100 felony indicaments have a charge of 2 years or more of jail, he would be disqualified by the current Republican requirement.

HubertManne@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y

"Due to a legal quirk in the U.S. Constitution, there isn’t a requirement for the speaker of the House to be a member of the legislative body"

hypelightfly@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
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