In House Speaker Fight, Trump Struggles to Play Kingmaker
WEBJan 5, 2023 · After Kevin McCarthy failed to win enough votes to become House speaker on Tuesday, former President Donald J. Trump held a call with Mr. McCarthy and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, one of the...
Could Donald Trump really become House speaker? Yes, but …
WEBOct 5, 2023 · Now that Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has been deposed as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, could former President Donald Trump take his place?
January 5, 2023 GOP deadlocked over House speaker vote
WEBJan 5, 2023 · Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of the Republicans who has refused to back Rep. Kevin McCarthy for House speaker, nominated former President Donald Trump in the 11th round of voting Thursday night. There’s...
Trump endorses key Capitol Hill ally, Jim Jordan, for House speaker
WEBOct 6, 2023 · WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump waded into the contested race for House speaker Friday, throwing his support behind one of his top allies on Capitol Hill, Judiciary Chairman Jim...
Could Trump become Speaker? Your questions answered - BBC
WEBJan 6, 2023 · Technically, yes. The Speaker can be anyone in the United States. However, it is highly unlikely. It has never before happened that anyone aside from a sitting member of the House was voted in...
Donald Trump looms large over House Speaker vote - BBC
WEBOct 24, 2023 · The spectre of former President Donald Trump loomed large over the US Capitol on Tuesday as House Republicans met to choose a new Speaker candidate.
Could Donald Trump become House speaker? - PolitiFact
WEBOct 4, 2023 · Now that Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has been deposed as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, could former President Donald Trump take his place?
Just the idea of House Speaker Trump could be a dream or ... - NPR
WEBOct 16, 2021 · House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and then-Vice President Mike Pence appear behind President Donald Trump at the 2019 State of the Union address, a perch Trump could enjoy behind President Biden...
Trump is not ruling out being the new House speaker - NBC News
WEBOct 4, 2023 · Jordan on Wednesday became the first House Republican to officially announce that he is running for speaker. Trump’s legal woes, which include two federal indictments, could also play a role in...
What the House speaker election fiasco says about Trump's power
WEBOct 27, 2023 · Former President Trump is taking credit for the election of Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., as speaker of the House — but some say the recent chaos revealed more about Trump's limitations than...