Former President Donald Trump has vowed that he will do “whatever is necessary” to help select the next House speaker following California Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s ouster.
While some House Republicans have floated the idea of Trump becoming the next speaker instead, the 45th president appears more interested in pointing to the next GOP leader should he win the 2024 presidential election.
“I am running for President, have a 62 Point lead over Republicans, and am up on Crooked Joe Biden, despite the Democrat Party’s massive Law-fare, Weaponization, and Election Interference efforts, by 4 to 11 Points, but will do whatever is necessary to help with the Speaker of the House selection process, short term, until the final selection of a GREAT REPUBLICAN SPEAKER is made,” Trump wrote on the social media platform Truth Social.
“A Speaker who will help a new, but highly experienced President, ME, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” he continued.
This comes after McCarthy was ousted from his role as House speaker by Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, who filed the original motion to vacate the California congressman’s chair.
Gaetz has since declared his full support for Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, who was the party’s leading pick for House speaker until he dropped earlier this week after being unable to secure the necessary votes.
“If you look at over the last few weeks, if you look at where our conferences there’s still work to be done. Our conference still has to come together and is not there. There are still some people that have their own agendas. And I was very clear we have to have everybody put their agendas on the side and focus on what this country needs. This country is counting on us to come back together,” Scalise said.
Conservatives have primarily focused their opposition on perceived failures by GOP leadership to put Democrats on the defensive while also relying on spending package deals to pass a variety of bills they believe should be subjected to standalone votes.
With the aid of Democrats, McCarthy passed a very short-term government funding bill last week, angering those who felt that the supposed Republican leader put political expediency over ideology.
