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no_hypocrisy

(55,079 posts) Fri Oct 6, 2023, 06:30 AM Oct 2023

Steube says GOP would change House rules for Trump [View all]

Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) said House Republicans would change House rules if need be to make former President Donald Trump the next House Speaker.

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Rule 26 began trending online as users were considering whether Trump could be Speaker given his felony indictments. Rule 26, included in the House Republican Conference Rules, states that a “member of the Republican Leadership shall step aside if indicted for a felony for which a sentence of two or more years imprisonment may be imposed.”

In a Thursday interview with NewsMax, Steube brushed off the users’ concerns, saying “First of all, Trump wouldn’t be a member of the House. So at the current moment, the rules don’t apply to him.”

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/steube-says-gop-would-change-house-rules-for-trump/ar-AA1hMudW?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=1a79e57ecb5d4f48acca8685c4702e43&ei=14

Ooooooooo-kayyyyyy . . . . . Tell me how Republicans can change THEIR OWN RULE when the SOTH pro temps can only take votes on the next permanent SOTH. IOW, they CAN'T take a vote on any other matter and that includes Rule 26.

Am I missing anything?

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Steube says GOP would change House rules for Trump [View all] no_hypocrisy Oct 2023 OP

The current GOP are always thinking, the rules don't apply to them. sarcasmo Oct 2023 #1

Correct. So they have to elect the next speaker who will change the rules and resign bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #2

How would they not get a majority? underpants Oct 2023 #3

Making Trump Speaker is beyond toxic. It would end their party. bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #4

We've all heard that before and he hasn't made the GOP toxic yet. Ray Bruns Oct 2023 #11

What they don't seem to understand is that Trump's wrath is a Potemkin village... Hugin Oct 2023 #14

He would likely have difficulty when there is a point that people will stop donating to him LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #21

Uh, duh - of course they would hatrack Oct 2023 #5

Rules and laws are, to a republican... MiHale Oct 2023 #6

That ladder failed malaise Oct 2023 #7

They can do what they want. Who will stop them? Irish_Dem Oct 2023 #8

This has been my question for awhile now... Hugin Oct 2023 #10

There should be a plan yes. Irish_Dem Oct 2023 #12

I don't think they can be stopped, unless our side starts ignoring the rules too. BlueKota Oct 2023 #13

👍nice summation bringthePaine Oct 2023 #9

Sure glad the GOP is the party of law and order. Norbert Oct 2023 #15

What would be the effect if Anal Fistula were speaker? He wouldn't have time to be there. 3Hotdogs Oct 2023 #16

Does it matter? They don't do anything useful anyway. Wonder Why Oct 2023 #23

Very easy Dave says Oct 2023 #17

I can't believe even Trump's biggest fans in the House would want to sit there and listen to him tanyev Oct 2023 #18

Trump has endorsed Jordan, because he doesn't want to be Speaker. vlyons Oct 2023 #19

Oh, don't worry! They'll change BOTH rules so that the Orange Menace can both be Speaker LaMouffette Oct 2023 #20

Just proves how sleazy the republicans are SouthernDem4ever Oct 2023 #22

Rule 26 is not a "House" rule. It's a Republican party rule onenote Oct 2023 #24

Thank you. Got it. no_hypocrisy Oct 2023 #25

Closer and closer LiberaBlueDem Oct 2023 #26

Here is another way such a gambit could hurt the Republicans... Josiesdad Oct 2023 #27