Scandal-hit Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) continues his efforts to win fans among Donald Trump’s die-hard followers.
On Saturday, he was one of the guests at Trump’s ‘Save America’ rally in Sarasota, Florida. During his address to the audience, Gaetz said, “After the next election cycle when we take back the House of Representatives, when we send [current Speaker] Nancy Pelosi back to the filth of San Francisco, my commitment to you is that my vote for Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives will go to Donald J. Trump.”
He went on to say Trump would “throw all of the Democrats off of the committees” and “impeach Joe Biden.”
Matt Gaetz states that when the Republicans take back the House of Representatives, he commits to vote for Trump as Speaker of the House. pic.twitter.com/4kPiuVx6pP
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) July 3, 2021
It’s widely assumed that the Speaker of the House of Representatives would be chosen from elected officials within the house. However, the constitution states, “the House of Representatives shall chuse (sic) their Speaker and other Officers” and does not explicitly state it must be an elected member.
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Others online also posted out other problems with the notion of Donald Trump as Speaker of the House.
The problem with this is, speakers actually have to do a lot of work.
— Melissa Jo Peltier (@MelissaJPeltier) July 3, 2021
A private citizen cannot be installed as Speaker of the House on a whim.
Especially if they’re both in jail.
— Greg Buster 🏳️🌈🇺🇲 (@GregBuster2021) July 3, 2021
So he’s going to become the president again in August, according to Mike Lindell, and Gaetz is going to magically get Trump to become the speaker of the house after the midterm elections? Which one is it? Was the election still stolen in gaetz’s fantasy for trump?
— KPF (@drinksforfree) July 3, 2021
In his speech, Gaetz also touched upon the allegations he paid for sex with a minor. He said he was being targeted for being one of the “fighters”.
“They always come out to the fighters,” Gaetz claimed. “I’m a canceled man in some corners of the internet, but in the core of my bones I’m a Florida man and it feels good to be home.”
Later, Trump went on to praise Gaetz in his own speech at the rally: “He’s fighting, fighting, fighting. I guess they don’t like people that do that,” Trump said. “He’s somebody who’s very special in so many ways, and he’s a very brave guy: Matt Gaetz.”
Vice pointed out that if Trump were to become Speaker, and if Biden and Harris were impeached, Trump – as third in line – would become President again. It suggested this was Gaetz’s “wild new plan.” Gaetz re-tweeted the story with a celebratory emoji.
“Matt Gaetz has a wild new plan…”
🥳https://t.co/VGbfaDv6AZ— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) July 5, 2021
Heywood Jablowme
Does this mean they no longer believe Trump will be magically “reinstalled” in August or Sept. or whenever Mr. Pillow now says it is?
Invader7
In their deluded , unbalanced minds Adolph Drumpf is still president. Its collective amnesia & delusional behavior !!!
chris_clb614
Whether or not anyone agrees with this, but I will say it anyway: the filth in San Francisco isn’t as bad as the filth in Matt Gaetz’s district.
Cam
This is how much Republicans hate America.
California, since Democrats took over has been running multi-billion dollar surpluses, including last year where it ran nearly a 40 billion dollar surplus. Additionally other Democratic states and areas like MA, NY, WA, NJ, DC, etc. are all wealthy and pumping money into the government.
Meanwhile, Red states that implemented Republican economic policies like Kansas went broke and had to revoke many of them.
So instead of Republicans looking at the weak economies of the red states and the strong, surplus building economies of Democrat states and saying “Wow! How can we bring that success to our states?!” They look at the successful Democratic states and say to themselves “We need to lie about those states and make it seems like they are failing so we can keep doing things wrong and people won’t notice”.
All so they can keep stealing tax dollars to line the pockets of their donors.
Fahd
There was an airplane circling Trump’s rally with a banner that read “Loser-palooza”. These are the kind of constructive measures that are needed to counteract what is now the Republican party, a soulless power-hungry group of conmen (and conwomen). May they continue to be indicted, and may their supporters continue to see the light or age-out of the electorate.
Winsocki
what a silly rabbit
Vince
Speaking of filth why is the sex trafficking child molester get to say anything about who’s going to be speaker?
Kangol2
Re: the sex trafficking pedo druggie Gaetz and the psychopathic, racist, treasonous, corrupt alleged rapist abuser fascist Don the Con:
LOCK THEM UP, LOCK THEM UP!
Hdtex
Pedophiles of a feather.
MISTERJETT
after he’s done what he’s done, he has the nerve to call something “filth”?
Invader7
Rich isn’t it ?
hogo
WAIT…They told me Trump IS President . ? now they want to make Speaker so he can become President again?
Toofie
His continued sucking up to Trump is desperate. Hoping Trump’s supporters support him when the indictments start come in.
JB
Don’t these people have anything better or more productive to do with their lives???
Invader7
Uh,no !
dadhc
the GOP delusions are in high gear; they’ll say & do anything to give the base their daily feed of outrage
Invader7
They’re all brain damaged anyway.. All of ’em…
Invader7
Matt : In your dreams. First of all , your fellow CRIMINAL republithug sleaze bags have to win races ,instead of STEALING them. And by this time next year ,after your fellow sex perv Joel Greenberg throws YOU under the bus, YOU will be in PRISON for a long time. You beady eyed , rat face douche bag scum ball . May you rot in HELL .. P.S. You probably have a small dick,like your idol Don the Con