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  Yep - just a possibility.
context: The Q lunatics were talking about this a year ago. They floated the idea of making Trump speaker then impeaching Biden and Harris so that Trump (with Speaker of the House being third in line of succession) could bypass the voters altogether. 
  It'll never work, but they sure thought it would. >
  
  They don’t even realize that their own party would never go along with this. There are enough Republicans in purple districts who won by small enough margins who will never vote for Trump because they want to get re-elected. Sure, there are 20 lunatics in congress but the country is not all made up of deep red districts - many of them win or lose their elections by a hair and they’re not about to set themselves on fire to keep Trump warm. >
  
  
  220 fascist lunatics.
  
  Remember, just because there are 20 members causing this mess, don't let the rest go merely because they let the "party" get to this state. >
  
  right, we had many opportunities for Republicans in congress under Trump to 'do the right thing' and it never happened. >
  
  A few of them did.
  McCain voting against repealing the ACA comes to mind, for one example.
  But overall yeah, you're not wrong. >
  
  I never thought in 2008 that 10 years down the line McCain would seem like a reasonable politician. >
  
  Not to mention how the battling between Obama and McCain was trivial compared to the battling between the Orange Tutu Toucher and everyone else running for 2016. >
  
  
  Hannity interrupted her, saying: "Is this a game show?," asking if the congresswoman meant to nominate one candidate one day and another one the next.
  
  Pretty rich comments from Sean Hannity, considering how unserious his show is >
  
  Hannity is all about how this makes "him" look.  Imagine trying to defend this and the total clown show for the next 2 years.  He can't and this goes to show that the GQP was run from the outside.  Those in the actual offices used to look for some one else to tell them what to do.
  This shows those holding the seats have started to believe their own ideas.  They have gone past being off the rails and now have gone over the wrecked bridge. >
  
  I feel like Hannity is flailing a bit lately now that Tucker Carlson has taken over the top spot at Fox News.  Tucker is more willing to “go there” with outright racist and bigoted commentary, like inviting that Libs of TikTok scum on his show, while Hannity seemed more comfortable using dog whistles.  But now that Tucker has brought the bigotry out in the open, people are flocking to him instead >
  
  I think this speaks to my point of the GQP actually believing their own ideas now.  Tucker is the extreme right wing and as I see it you can't go more to the right unless they go full fascist.  Tucker is the replacement for Hannity in that Hannity was close to fascist, but not quite willing to go over the line. 
  Mind you he is damn close to the line, but just not willing to go over it.  Tucker is over the line and willing to go all the way.  The GQP is already over the line, so Tucker is the replacement for Hannity.  
  Changing trains at crazy station.  All aboard for fascist city. >
  
  Yeah I get the vibe from Hannity that he’s all grift and no shame but doesn’t actually give a fuck about anything other than being the a pompous rich fuckwad. 
  Tucker on the other hand would legit be the kind of guy to administer a concentration camp. He is truly vile. >
  
  It's Tucker, after all, who gets airtime on Kremlin state propaganda tv shows. Fucking sickening. >
  
  imagine being invited to attend a propaganda news outlet for another country and saying "yes of course". You know how US civilians aren't allowed to work for foreign countries military? Why is this even allowed? >
  
  I think they just dub and replay his Fox News segments. He has just done so many pro Putin anti Ukraine segments they keep doing it. >
  
  Was listening to the Lawfare podcast episode about An Investigation into Russian State Media and Disinformation by the NYT - the reporters got access to thousands of leaked emails from correspondence within a Russian state media agency and with Russian security services - there are emails stating things like “record Tucker today”. He’s a regular. >
  
  Well yeah, of course they record his show. They need to make sure they're getting the coverage they paid for. >
  
  Trump doesn't want to be speaker of the house and actually have to do shit, he wants to be president. If he were to win and accept the position it would be extremely alarming and the logical assumption would be that he expects to become president soon after entering the line of succession. >
  
  He didn't want the actual job of president either. He wants the power. This would give him the power to take out revenge on the Dems and his detractors and control the national purse strings. He'll get someone else to do the actual day to day work. >
  
  He doesn't actually want power. He just wants attention. Power takes work. >
  
  The idea of Trump as Speaker is laughable. Does anyone believe he is capable of showing up and putting in a day's "work"  on a regular basis?
  Edit - The position requires attendance for the house to get stuff done. It also requires the Speaker understandcand follow process and procedure. The idea of Trump as Speaker for whatever stupid plan they have is inconceivable. >
  
  Right - the speaker actually has to do shit lol >
  
  You know when he hears “Speaker”, his little thought bubble lights up and delights him with clips of him speaking at rallies. This is probably, quite literally, what he thinks the job entails. >
  
  Another reason he hates Pelosi. A woman speaking instead of him. She was constantly telling him what he could and couldn't do. Who made this woman the official speaker? Why would you even need a speaker when Trump is President? He's speaking all the time. He didn't need a speaker, much less Pelosi. >
  
  People are always coming up to me, “you’re such a great speaker, nobody speaks as good as you, I’ve never heard anything like it before.” All the time. All the time. >
  
  Forgot to start it out with a ...'SIR,...' >
  
  With tears in their eyes >
  
  A big, burly guy, probably a trade worker. >
  
  Which would ‘coincidentally’ put him in line for succession to the presidency. >
  
  "That's a nice president and vice president you got there.  Would be a shame if something happened to them." >
  
  "So look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find 2 vacant positions." >
  
  "Sir, a second plane has hit the vice president" >
  
  Just a whole ass plane >
  
  A whole ass-plane >
  
  This blimp that looks like a butt is the largest aircraft in the world >
  
  
  
  Can he do that from jail?
  
  
  Why isn't he in jail already? >
  
  
  Why isn't he in jail already?
  
  The US legal system is designed, primarily, to inflict maximum suffering on poor people and minorities.  It seizes up when it has to do anything other than provide a minor inconvenience to rich people. >
  
  Which US legal system? theres many and not all are created equal. >
  
  The one I can think of is the DOJ, which used a bogus memo that says presidents cannot be prosecuted to punt the responsibility to Congress. >
  
  Because the accused misused his office to install a crony who did his bidding. >
  
  William Barr was an old school CIA guy. And personal friend of Robert Mueller. And you will notice that right through out this entire saga, Trump has always had a level of official protection from within the DOJ and likely the US intelligence community - no matter who is in charge. And this goes back decades. Honestly, at this point you have to wantonly and deliberately obtuse to see this as a partisan issue. >
  
  Wasn't Barr the one who originally wrote the memo. >
  
  It was Bork. >
  
  Hannity interrupted her, saying: "Is this a game show?," asking if the congresswoman meant to nominate one candidate one day and another one the next.
  Look at Hannity.  After sucking Trump's dick for years while defending, justifying, and making excuses for all kinds of outrageous anti-American behavior, suddenly he's appalled. >
  
  He also has amnesia about supporting the big lie  that trump lost the election. >
  
  It's not amnesia, it's acting. That's all this dude is, an actor. No reasonable person could view his show as anything other than entertainment. >
  
  Reasonable being the keyword. Unfortunately, we have 70+ million people that don't meet that description. >
  
  I can think of no better way to peel off five or six moderate republicans to vote for Jeffries. >
  
  
  five or six moderate republicans
  
  No such thing exists.  If there were "moderate Republicans" we wouldn't be on day three of this shitshow. >
  
  A moderate Republican is just a democrat. >
  
  Pretty sure joe biden would be considered a moderate Republican (Conservative Party) anywhere else in the world >
  
  We considered Obama quite right wing in France. He swore his oath to office not on one, but TWO bibles, something completely forbidden in France...
  And it's ok to be right wing, esp in France lol.
  But for us Trump is like a demented impotent Hitler so...
  AOC or Bernie are center right for me. Our left wing enforced a 35 hour work-week, unions are mandatory in companies past a certain size and striking is considered a basic constitutional right while owning guns is extremely restricted. It's just completely shifted to the right in the US.
  And I dont even think the left wing is that good and always identified to the right, but the US blerg, too much for me... >
  
  I have a buddy who regularly tries to tell me that the Overton Window in the US is shifted way left.  
  But he also believes that violent leftist activists are behind everything bad, or the FBI did it, or I dunno honestly his company is starting to make me sad. >
  
  There’s no way to help someone whose that lost in the weeds. At best you can point out how the rest of the world takes for granted the welfare policies the US fights over.
  Maybe you can point out how our NATO allies provide basic needs to produce loyalty to capitalism, and America should try that. >
  
  Fox New screech’s even louder, everything you don’t like is the fault of the “radical left”. Pinky promise. You poor schmucks don’t need a social safety net. Here’s $20 a month in exchange for 2 trillion in debt. >
  
  Why don’t they nominate Jesus Christ? They are always claiming he calls the shots, that their ultra conservative agenda is God will (which overrides the will of the electorate….. >
  
  Don’t give them ideas. There’s nothing in the constitution that says the speaker has to be a real life in the flesh human being because the founders never imagined that there would be this many clowns in congress. >
  
  I can only imagine what the USA Founding Father would have to say to all this ... They would truly think the village idiots have taken over >
  
  They would say, “Obviously there’s so many idiots in government, you let poor people and minorities vote!” >
  
  Don’t forget women >
  
  And men who don't own land.
  Edit: I guess the other comment did say "poor perople" >
  
  Lauren Boebert sure does spend a lot time talking absolute bullshit for someone who only won her seat by a very small margin. Maybe focus on who you represent rather than Donald Trump >
  
  Boebert should focus on her own house and her husband that’s out there exposing himself to girls at the bowling alley. Makes a lot of sense why she supports trump, she likes that type.. >
  
  I’m sorry..what now? >
  
  The GOP has become a fascist party. It's time to accept it. The fact not one politician was held responsible for Jan 6th, pushing the lie of election fraud, and undermining our democracy is the issue. >
  
  Yeah…and I have to remember that people thought it was a dumb pointless stunt when Hitler was made chancellor too. I won’t be at ease until they try this and it fails. >
  
  I hope Republican voters are paying attention. YOU did this. For all your talk about how democrats are destroying the country, THIS is what YOU do when YOU are anywhere NEAR power or authority. >
  
  They are not paying attention, if they are, they are blaming it on AOC, Hunter Biden and shadow president Howard Dean. >
  
  God I wish. I was so in for dean for president >
  
  That was the first time I watched the media decide to destroy a candidate. >
  
  Lauren has had too many wontons again >
  
  I don’t even know what this means but still laughed! >
  
  Since people are saying it, let’s be clear about how succession to the Presidency works. 
  In any situation where Kamala becomes President, she then appoints a new VP. It’s not that everyone in the lineup bumps up a spot, with the Speaker becoming VP and the new No. 2. 
  If you’re going to float nominating Trump being the grand plan to get him back in office, you are suggesting an event where both Biden and Harris simultaneously are forced out. Baring some God-awful event, it is exceptionally unlikely Donny gets his buns back in the Chair. >
  
  It would take 2 impeachments or 2 assassinations, or 1 of each.   They didn't take the senate like they thought they would, so impeachment isn't really a possibility.   But let's not fuck around and find out. >
  
  Should watch a longer clip of it.  Funny and horrifying at the same time.  Hannity yelling at Boebert for her nonsensical position that McCarthy should withdraw because he doesn't have the votes, when she also wouldn't say who else was her choice of nominee that would get more votes (that's when she floated Trump) - even though this shit was supposed to have been decided months ago.
  Meanwhile Boebert was scrunching her fists, seemingly on the verge of tears and insisting like a toddler "I won't vote for McCarthy!  He was rude to us when we had reasonable demands!  No, never, I don't wanna!"
  Hannity of all people seemed like the adult in the room.  Again, funny, yet horrifying that these people are our elected leaders. >
  
  Do it. Let that fat MF lose yet another election. >
  
  To a black man getting more votes, no less >
  
  Trump’s attention span equals to a toddler’s one. Watching him struggling with basic tasks like just showing up regularly or reading would make C-Span the most watched news network. >
  
  The objective stupidity of this political party is baffling to watch as someone who doesn’t live in the US. >
  
  Predictable >
  
  They said they were going to do this several years ago when/if they got into this situation. I hate this timeline. >
  
  Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake >
  
  If they ever had an original idea, they lost it somewhere. 
  Get a platform, conservatives. Anything other than pointing fingers, being douche bags in general, and Trump. He has wrecked you. You deserve all of this >
  
  Hell, let's bring in Obama. Shit would get done. >
  
  Serious question since we’re on the subject. Can you actually become Speaker if you’re not currently a member of the House of Representatives? >
  
  Yes. >
  
  I'll also add the caveat that it has been a member of the House since the inception of the position, so this would be a first.