NPR: Just the idea of House Speaker Trump could be a dream or nightmare for each party

[Quixote1818]

This is what I was thinking.

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Even in theory, it's a potential midterm mobilizer
Unless and until Trump himself totally shuts down all this chatter, Trump as a potential speaker is becoming a political issue. Republicans in Make America Great Again districts love it, Republicans in swing districts don't and it's something that could help Democrats mobilize their base.

"The idea for some that Donald Trump could become the speaker of the House is almost as frightening as the idea of him becoming president again," said Democratic strategist Karen Finney. "That will potentially advantage Democrats — again, just the fear of it, just the very thought of it."

Democrats would want to force every Republican House candidate to answer the question: If Trump wants the job, would they vote for him?

Saying no would anger their MAGA base, but saying yes would risk turning off swing voters who are exhausted with the former president. They'd be stuck, which is appealing to Democrats.

"I think it's totally fair game," said Democratic strategist Doug Thornell. "Look, like Republicans do this to Democrats all the time. To our front-liners, they say, 'Well, would you vote for Nancy Pelosi?' For Republican members, yeah, they should absolutely be on the record on ... would they vote for Trump as speaker."

"If we lose this election, it'll be because the election's not about Joe Biden but about Donald Trump," he said. "I know that Trump believes that everything good happens when the people talk about him. But actually, in this midterm election, for Republicans to be successful they need to kind of keep the focus on Joe Biden's failures, not Donald Trump's speakership."

Trump himself will have a lot of control over how that plays out because he continues to sway what many Republicans are talking about.

More: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/16/1045991224/just-the-idea-of-house-speaker-trump-could-be-a-dream-or-nightmare-for-each-part

[ForgedCrank]

1. All I want for Christmas is

to stop talking about that ass and never hear his cursed name again.

[PortTack]

2. ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️👏👏👏👏👏👏

[Initech]

9. I don't wish death on anyone...

But I wish that fucker would just drop dead. It would save a lot of trouble.

[Historic NY]

3. If Voters Don't turn out next year they will make it happen.

[msfiddlestix]

4. Who cares what each party wants. what about the good of the country for effing sakes?!!!!!!

i can't wrap my head at the effing mindlessness of media entertaining this as if would be ok,

[Hoyt]

5. We can easily prevent that.

[kysrsoze]

6. I'm sure EVERYONE will tire of his fucking bullshit gibberish

It’ll be nothing but another asinine rally, whing about the election, Dr. Fauci, etc. He’d last one day before they yanked his stupid ass.

[SCantiGOP]

7. He would never show up for work

He doesn’t want a job. He doesn’t get out of his damned pajamas until noon.

[JHB]

8. Won't happen. He would regard Speakership as a supporting role, not star material...

...and he will not accept any show that he's not the star of.

[andym]

10. Trump would love to be Speaker so that he can get all the attention he craves

Right now, he is sidelined, but have no doubt he would demand to be Speaker. He could just appear on the news when he feels like it and delegate all the real responsibility to his underlings. Not only that he could criticize Joe Biden whenever he wants and create news in preparation to run for President again. It would also make him the second person to be both Speaker and President. Only James Polk has done it before.

[TreasonousBastard]

11. When I first heard this speculation on CNN the other day..

I thought it was completely insane.

But I thought a lot of things were insane this year. What had me frozen in place for a moment was the possibility, however slim.