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Related: About this forum'Break the glass moment': Claire McCaskill on a Trump Speakership - All In - MSNBC
In one party, you have people who want the norms of ethical behaviors and respect for the rule of law, says Claire McCaskill. On the other hand youve got a guy indicted as you say 91 felony counts and his party wants to bring him back to the Capitol and have him in charge of the only part of government they control. This is a break the glass moment because if there arent enough Republicans that stand up and say come on folks, really? All those guys that won and women that won Biden districts, theyre done. - Aired on 10/05/2023.
Walleye
(35,678 posts)Initech
(101,944 posts)Especially the Infowars conspiracy theory types (Greene, Gaetz, Boebert, Gosar, Luna, Hageman, Jackson, etc). Keep them as far away from government as humanly possible.
Rhiannon12866
(222,238 posts)Initech
(101,944 posts)Rhiannon12866
(222,238 posts)MadameButterfly
(1,710 posts)Joe and Kamala will need very intensive security. There will be those happy to end democracy early. No trials, no elections, Trump forever.
Rhiannon12866
(222,238 posts)In the authoritarian model of those dictators he most admires, Putin and Kim Jong-Un.
colorado_ufo
(5,927 posts)Duppers
(28,246 posts)BadgerMom
(2,954 posts)he wouldnt hesitate to have our President and Vice President eliminated to suit his desires. Does anyone think otherwise?
DallasNE
(7,561 posts)Trump would face the same hurdle for Speaker as for President. If it wasn't clear before today's breaking news it sure is now. Trump cannot hold any federal office, period.
Rhiannon12866
(222,238 posts)But there was no rational reason for him to run for any public office in the first place. He has no government knowledge or experience, likely never even voted - but the obvious reason was that his only agenda for launching a campaign was to grift contributions since all his attempted business ventures failed - and he had no intention of serving until the contributions came rolling in. And he's unwilling to give that up, even continued to hold "rallies" rather than doing the job.
4lbs
(7,395 posts)This is of the GOP's own doing.
According to Bloomberg though,
He can't even be selected for that position.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-04/can-trump-become-speaker-of-the-house-indicted-ex-president-not-eligible
Almost Anyone Can Become the House Speaker, Except Donald Trump
* House GOP rules prohibit a speaker whos indicted for a felony
* Former president says hes focused on run for the White House
Rhiannon12866
(222,238 posts)Hoping to blame, yet again, the dysfunction on Democratic leadership - but that ship sailed during their failed "impeachment" attempt.