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Rand Paul floats Elon Musk for House Speaker

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) suggested Elon Musk serve as Speaker in a Thursday morning post on X following contentious debates over the continuing resolution (CR).

“The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress . . . ,” Paul wrote.

“Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk . . . think about it . . . nothing’s impossible. (not to mention the joy at seeing the collective establishment, aka ‘uniparty,’ lose their ever-lovin’ minds).”

Later Thursday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said she would be open to supporting Musk to replace Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in a post quoting Paul.

“I’d be open to supporting @elonmusk for Speaker of the House. DOGE can only truly be accomplished by reigning in Congress to enact real government efficiency,” Greene wrote on X.

“The establishment needs to be shattered just like it was yesterday. This could be the way,” she added.

Musk is the co-leader of President-elect Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), an advisory panel focused on cutting spending and the size of the federal government.

He and fellow DOGE co-leader Vivek Ramaswamy helped drive a wave of opposition to a bipartisan spending deal Wednesday, ultimately ending in Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance urging Republicans to oppose the measure.

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 @SadCivilRightsRight-Wing from Arizona  commented…5mos5MO

Since the Speaker has to be in the line of succession for the Presidency, doesn't he have to be natural-born?

Anyway, Elon has plenty to do without having to herd around a bunch of corrupt, unaccountable politicians.

Try Matt Gaetz.

 @DinosaurBellaGreenfrom Maryland  commented…5mos5MO

You're a retard.

Yes, the Speaker MUST be elected to the House. Chusing their speaker is AMONGST THEMSELVES.

The GOP is addicted to the stupidity, gimmickry, & sophistry of Cult45.

 @82TBBVYDemocrat from Alabama  commented…5mos5MO

I propose Liz Cheney; she's not a member of Congress and gets along well with both sides.

 @Xemplary1976Republican from Ohio  commented…5mos5MO

No.

And I think if Elon continues to be involved in the government in an official manner, he needs to divest from all of his companies that receive federal funding in any capacity.

Y'all are going to turn into hypocrites as massive as the Democrats soon if you're not careful.

 @5QVVYT9Centre-Rightfrom Iowa  commented…5mos5MO

Musk can't. He's not natural born, and speaker is 3rd inline to be POTUS.

Vivek, is the one your looking for

 @96M62RYAmerican Solidarity from California  commented…5mos5MO

The Speaker is in the line of succession, however, Elon is not eligible due to his birth country. How would that work?

 @GiveHim6 from Pennsylvania  commented…5mos5MO

Presumably, we would just skip over him to the President pro tempore of the Senate.

 @7Y8765ZLibertarian from Texas  commented…5mos5MO

Ron Paul for Speaker would be wild to see.

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Biden's Trash Talk: President Calls Trump Supporters "Garbage" Over Racial Jokes

President Biden sparked backlash on Tuesday when he appeared to compare supporters of former President Trump to garbage after commenting on a racist joke a comedian made at a Trump rally days earlier likening Puerto Rico to an “island of garbage.”The White House in a statement argued that the president was referring to the rhetoric at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday as “garbage.”“The President referred to the hateful rhetoric at the Madison Square Garden rally as ‘garbage,’” deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement.It also provided a fuller transcript of the comment, which included an apostrophe with “supporter’s,” to indicate Biden was referring to comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s “demonization of Latinos” as “garbage.”Hinchcliffe delivered a comedic set at a Madison Square Garden rally for Trump on Sunday in New York City that mocked Latinos, Jews and Black men and included a joke comparing Puerto Rico to a “floating island of garbage.”And just the other day, a speaker at his rally called Puerto Rico a ‘floating island of garbage.’ Well, let me tell you something. I don’t — I — I don’t know the Puerto Rican that — that I know — or a Puerto Rico, where I’m from, in my home state of Delaware, they’re good, decent, honorable people. “The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporter’s — his — his demonization of Latinos is unconscionable, and it’s un-American. It’s totally contrary to everything we’ve done, everything we’ve been,” Biden said, according to the transcript provided by the White House.In a post on X, Biden himself asserted he was referring to the rhetoric from Hinchcliffe.

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