Trump Suggests He May Run for House in 2022 to Become Speaker: 'Very Interesting'
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Source: Newsweek
Former President Donald Trump suggested he would consider running for a House seat in 2022 in a bid to become Speaker of the House and launch an impeachment investigation against President Joe Biden.
Trump commented on the idea during an interview broadcast by far-right radio host Wayne Allyn Root on Friday afternoon. Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon first touted the idea of Trump running for Congress to take over as Speaker of the House back in February. Root raised the idea with Trump directly during his interview.
"Why not, instead of waiting for 2024, and I'm hoping you'll run in 2024 but why not run in 2022 for the United States Congress, a House seat in Florida. Win big. Lead us to a dramatic landslide victory. Take the House by 50 seats. And then you become the Speaker of the House, lead the impeachment of Biden and start criminal investigations against Biden. You'll wipe him out for this last two years," Root said with excitement.
"That's sothat's so interesting," Trump responded.
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He'd actually have to do some work. Not going to happen.
msongs
(67,405 posts)drray23
(7,627 posts)Of course, Trump would not know that.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,195 posts)AZ8theist
(5,459 posts)Doturd doesn't know where the toilet paper goes.....
moose65
(3,166 posts)Trump would never run for a lowly House seat, dontcha know. Also, being the Speaker would mean he'd actually have to go to work!
Trump wants to sit back and bask in adoration - that's it.
The most delicious thing here would be if he actually won a seat, but the Democrats kept control of the House. What would he do then??
rurallib
(62,413 posts)WTF!
Marcuse
(7,480 posts)Diamond_Dog
(31,996 posts)That job is WAY too much work for him and he would be WAY in over his head. Pure fiction.
Justice matters.
(6,928 posts)It would be hard to be speaker of the house from a jail cell though.
Me.
(35,454 posts)johnnyplankton
(351 posts)Do you think MTG does any "work"?
This is incredibly plausible....
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,968 posts)DBoon
(22,366 posts)He only knows twitter.
He would be the house twit.
pazzyanne
(6,552 posts)AZ8theist
(5,459 posts)Is that 3rd or 4th in line in the House caucus?
RVN VET71
(2,690 posts)dweller
(23,632 posts)Why dont we offer him Grand Supreme Ruler of the Sun and blast his fatass
in a one way trip to the sun. .. hell be golden forever !1!
✌🏻
mac56
(17,566 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,423 posts)Yeah, right.
Blue Owl
(50,360 posts)Uh, I think you're gonna need a little more juice there, tubby...
Lucky Luciano
(11,254 posts)FSogol
(45,484 posts)mdbl
(4,973 posts)Not being a big ass crook and constitutional law breaker like Trump? Anyone who votes for a repug today just arrived from stupidsville on last night's bus.
AZ8theist
(5,459 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,475 posts)keep the House.
Fullduplexxx
(7,860 posts)sop
(10,175 posts)Results from the last three presidential elections in Florida's 21st Congressional District, where Trump lives now:
2012 President Barack Obama 61% Mitt Romney 39%
2016 President Hillary Clinton 59% Donald Trump 39%
2020 President Joe Biden 58% Donald Trump 41%
Maybe he could move to Matt Gaetz's district in the Redneck Riviera when he goes to prison?
Retrograde
(10,136 posts)In 2024 it will be Trump 43% and Biden or Harris 57%!
And I'm sure Kevin McCarthy will be thrilled to see Donnie waltz in and take over the job Kevin thinks is his if the GOP takes over the house
Mr.Bill
(24,284 posts)third in line to the presidency, people would be shooting at the White House and the Naval Observatory house on a daily basis. President Biden and VP Harris would have to live at an undisclsed location or inside of a vault.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)...sort of...
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)captain queeg
(10,190 posts)He jusr can't stand that he's old news.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Of course he does not to be a house member to be speaker.
Can you see that dumb ass trying to run the house? No way he could do it.
YoshidaYui
(41,831 posts)and punished for it, hopefully put a way for along ass time!!
oasis
(49,382 posts)christx30
(6,241 posts)that sweet, sweet fraud money coming in.
By checking this box, you agree to have cash siphoned out of your account in perpetuity. By unchecking this box, you say that you are a godless communist, and well tell Trump you hate him.
stopdiggin
(11,306 posts)I'll instead argue that it isn't worthy of discussion.
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monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)VGNonly
(7,488 posts)can't decide whether to be a brain surgeon or a fry cook.
Bristlecone
(10,127 posts)jmowreader
(50,557 posts)First, he just admitted Joe Biden is the actual president of the United States.
And second, there are about 150 Republicans in the House who won't put up with a freshman legislator being appointed Speaker, even if they do regain the majority - and considering that Biden is doing a good job with the little help from Congress that he has, who's to say that the Democrats won't increase their majority in 2022?
(This naturally skips over the part that Trump stands a better chance of going to Sing Sing between now and next November than he does winning a House seat.)
summer_in_TX
(2,738 posts)Anything for attention!
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)Grokenstein
(5,722 posts)He keels over and assumes room temperature in 2021.
Then we all laugh as his shittier offspring fight over the "crown," only to find that not even a hungry dog would follow any of them.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)For attention, and he's desperate to remain relevant. By floating this he's also admitting he'll never win again for the White House, so he suggests this as a threat to the GOP House members. He's desperate to control GOP House members, and Senators for self protection from his crimes he will be getting exposed for. And because he's losing donors and voters, and lots of money, and money and power is what he's after for himself. He's also looking at ways he can hurt others for revenge, but he's losing money and power, and is desperately trying to get it all back. Its all about the money in the end, and he's going broke now.
bucolic_frolic
(43,158 posts)ShepKat
(383 posts)will he be out of prison by then ?
trusty elf
(7,392 posts)a fifty yard dash!
duforsure
(11,885 posts)I think the loser 45 is leaking these stories about him to distract attention away from McGhan telling Congress he obstructed justice by telling him to fire Mueller, and after he refused told McGhan to lie and create false documents about it, which is a good case for obstruction charges that'll stick. They say the full transcript of his testimony will be coming out soon. I think the loser did this for that reason, and other reasons too.
George II
(67,782 posts)"That's sothat's so interesting"
Omaha Steve
(99,627 posts)NOT important news.
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