Trump said he could do it but mentioned his big lead for the GOP presidential nomination and how that remains his top priority.
to successfully vacate McCarthy by a 216-210 vote, resulting in North Carolina Representative Patrick McHenry temporarily taking over speaker pro tempore.for Trump to take the gavel, the former president seems ambivalent based on his presidential prospects and being inundated with myriad legal cases.
Former President Donald Trump addresses the press at the New York State Supreme Court on October 4, 2023, in New York City. Trump was asked if he would entertain the idea of becoming speaker of the House following Kevin McCarthy's ousting.on Wednesday from a New York courtroom where he was once again present for his civil fraud trial."All I can say is we'll do whatever's best for the country and for the Republican Party...We have some great, great people.
JUST IN: Donald Trump confirms from the New York courthouse that he has been asked about becoming the House Speaker, says he would do it.said on Tuesday that some House Republicans have already begun drafting a letter to get ready for Trump to take over.said that voting in Trump as the next speaker would be a good"litmus test" for Republicans in relation to the ex-president's"fake" trials and charges.
Rudy Giuliani, Trump's former lawyer and fellow indicted defendant in the election interference case in Georgia, also floated the idea on X, formerlyhas quickly switched her allegiance from McCarthy to Trump, writing Wednesday on X that Trump is the best person available to fill the void."The only candidate for Speaker I am currently supporting is President Donald J. Trump," the congresswoman wrote."He will end the war in Ukraine. He will secure the border.
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