Rand Paul floats Elon Musk for House Speaker

[d0gbreath]

But then Vivek would be a lost Doge.

 

[g5000]

Rand Paul floats Elon Musk for House Speaker​

Wow!

The competition of the spineless submissive cucks to be Trump's number one anal whore is getting ridiculous!

"Me-me-me-me!"

"No, me!"


Someone should inform them about the separation of powers, because they have clearly surrendered theirs.


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[TheGreatSatan]

Musk would be great as House Speaker.

I agree

Go Elon!!!

Musk

 

[Zincwarrior]

Musk would be great as House Speaker.

You can't be President AND Speaker.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Umm, maybe it's possible in Canada but you have to be elected to Congress first here in the USA.

Wrong. There is no requirement in the Constitution for it to be a member of Congress.

Remember when they floated the idea of naming Trump as Speaker?

 

[TheGreatSatan]

You can't be President AND Speaker.

^^^ believes Biden is mentally fit for office and calling the shots

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

/—-/ The Speaker is
next in line to assume the presidency after the VP. Musk is not eligible since he’s born in Africa.
But hey, that didn’t stop Obama.

It would just skip him in the line of succession. Madeline Albright was Secretary of State and she was not eligible to be President.

 

[Zincwarrior]

^^^ believes Biden is mentally fit for office and calling the shots

Above thinks Trump is in charge.

 

[g5000]

I think the GOP deserves Elon Musk as their House Speaker.

And I mean that with the utmost sarcasm.

Go for it!

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

You can't be President AND Speaker.

When are you going to say no to drugs and get treatment for your TDS?

 

[Moonglow]

Rand gets it. Now THIS would help America for four years, no question. You have politicians who are beholden to others or just unconcerned about your debt and what it could mean for the world if it continues.

Is it possible for Musk to somehow get into politics and become House Leader? According to this article, yes, he can be.

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/19/gop-senator-rand-paul-elon-musk-speaker-of-house

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is floating Elon Musk to be Speaker of the House after the powerful, billionaire tech businessman helped torpedo a bipartisan agreement on a short-term spending bill.
Why it matters: He's the first GOP lawmaker to explicitly suggest Musk should be Speaker, and his comments come as Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) bid to keep his job is under serious threat.

• Musk has already emerged as one of the most powerful voices in politics and has become one of President-elect Trump's closest confidants.

What he's saying: "Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk," Paul posted on X on Thursday morning.

• "[T]hink about it . . . nothing's impossible. (not to mention the joy at seeing the collective establishment, aka 'uniparty,' lose their ever-lovin' minds)"
• Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) — a frequent Johnson critic — reposted Paul's comments, adding that she'd be "open to supporting Musk" for Speaker.
• "The establishment needs to be shattered just like it was yesterday," she said. "This could be the way."

Between the lines: The Constitution does not specify that the Speaker of the House has to be a member of the chamber — though they always have been.

• Non-representative names have been floated over the years during Speaker elections.
• Paul has long been an advocate for slashing government spending, though he is in the wrong chamber to have much say over who will win the Speakers' gavel in January's floor vote.

Musk is a foreigner.

 

[TheGreatSatan]

Above thinks Trump is in charge.

^^^ thinks Biden is mentally fit and says this is a woman. Totally brainwashed and not to be taken seriously. Democrat shills do nothing but gaslight Americans.

Trump isn't even in office yet and he's more of a president then Jill Biden.

 

[Care4all]

No you don't, read the bolded above which states otherwise. There is no legal requirement.

If he must, he should run in a House district he can win in two years. This will ensure the last two years of Trumps administration will be debt-free.

Musk can't be speaker....he's not a natural born USA citizen, and the Speaker is in the immediate line of succession position after VP.

 

[g5000]

Remember when they floated the idea of naming Trump as Speaker?

I remember.

Donald Trump as Speaker:

"The first order of business is to get rid of the House Ethics Committee."

"What do you mean I can't limit all bills to be no more than 280 characters?"

"What do you mean I can't abolish the Senate filibuster for bills I want passed?"

"What do you mean the Speaker of the House isn't allowed to issue Executive Orders?"

"The failing Senate is a bunch of losers. The House has higher ratings."

"What do you mean I can't be the only one who decides what laws get changed?"

"What do you mean I can't fire any Congressman I don't like?"

"What the hell does reconciliation mean? I don't do reconciliation for nobody!"

"Can I appoint Alex Jones as my Parliamentarian?"

"Nobody passed more bills than me. A lot of people are saying I'm the greatest Speaker who ever lived. Even better than Abraham Lincoln."

 

[Concerned American]

Musk can't be speaker....he's not a natural born USA citizen, and the Speaker is in the immediate line of succession position after VP.

They would just pass over him to the next in line. The same issue appeared in the cases of Madeleine Albright and Henry Kissinger when they held the SOS office.

 

[g5000]

Musk wouldn't accept the job of Speaker.

He still has to run Tesla and Twitter.

That's right, I said Twitter. Fuck "X".

 

[Care4all]

They would just pass over him to the next in line. The same issue appeared in the cases of Madeleine Albright and Henry Kissinger when they held the SOS office.

Thanks, I did not know that....

 

[DStar777]

This makes for an interesting debate: Can a non House member be eleccted Speaker?

The Framework for an Unelected Speaker — The Undergraduate Law Review at New York University

ulrnyu.org

The idea of a non-House member becoming speaker has long been mentioned but never seriously approached. The speakership is actually the only House officer that traditionally has been chosen from the sitting membership of the House. That said, there have been instances where people who were not members of the House of Representatives have received votes for the speakership. Most recently, in the long battle that led to McCarthy becoming speaker, Donald Trump got one vote in three different rounds of voting. The clerk of the House and the House historian agree that the speaker could be a non-member, saying that the individual granted the title “has always been (but is not required to be) a House Member.” This is derived from the vagueness of the Constitution on the election of the speaker of the House. The Constitution says that “The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.” Since the Constitution does not explicitly require that the speaker of the House be a member, and all the other officers of the House are non-members, there is significant Constitutional support for the potential election of a non-member speaker. However, there are still many challenges that could arise if the House GOP made a serious effort to elect Trump to the speakership.

 

[DStar777]

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Musk is a foreigner.

So was Obama