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Kevin mccarthy on the record saying donald trump has told him he wants to be house speaker. it sounds ridiculous but nothing is beyond the modern gop, no constitutional bar for him becoming speaker if they win the mid terms. how worried that donald trump could soon be second in line to the presidency as speaker of the house? that s correct, and i like the bizarre things to go on because this only indicates that he s out of his mind or or he really plans to be dictator which isn t going to happen in the greatest country in the world. the way they responded to those police officers who protect us day in and day out, they should they should be treated like common criminals, not political prisoners, common criminals. that s what they are, and we re going to do something about it, you watch, and you re just as frustrated as i am. i hope so, congressman. we will get you back when nancy please announces a commission ....
Donald trump has reportedly been musing to house leader kevin mccarthy about the possibility. see for yourself. if you guys do take the house and finish the job that you almost shocked the world by doing a few months ago and take the house, you are only five seats down, then maybe he runs for a seat or just appointed as speaker. would you be for president trump becoming speaker? you know, i talked to president trump many times. he tells me he wants to be speaker and i think he should be president. a spokesman for mccarthy later backtracked, excuse me, clarified, to an axios report their trump supposedly wants mccarthy himself to be speaker, right. kurt bardello is with the l.a. times newspapers and also a former spokesperson for republicans on the house oversight committee back when he was in the gop. thanks for coming on the show. there is no constitutional bar to a non-member of the house being appointed speaker by members of the house. a lot of people don t realize ....
That. house republicans if they win the majority could appoint anyone, you or i to be speaker. they might appoint donald trump. if you were a betting man, what would you say the odds are that donald trump is speaker of the house and second in line for the presidency come january 2023? well, i don t think that s going to happen because i don t think republicans are going to win the house in the mid terms in 2022 and part of the reason why is because of conversations like this. the worst thing you can do in an election is give your opponents motivation to show up and vote and turn out and anything hinting at donald trump returning to power will motivate the democratic base so much. i mean, this is the gift that keeps on giving. at this point democrats just let republicans implode upon themselves. the fact that kevin mccarthy has to spend any time answering a question like that because donald trump has put that out into the atmosphere just tells you the ton of problems that they are goi ....