Former President Donald Trump is mulling a visit to the Capitol next week to potentially launch a bid for House Speaker, sources told Politico and NBC News on Thursday, a position the 2024 presidential candidate could technically take, two days after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was ousted from the speakership after less than nine months.
Former President Donald Trump will reportedly travel to Washington D.C. for a potential speaker run.
House rules do not prohibit non-members from being elected to the speakership, though Trump’s four indictments since his 2024 presidential campaign launch could keep him from becoming speaker, according to GOP conference rules, which state that indicted leadership members with two-plus-year sentences “shall step aside.”
Trump did not rule out a potential run to succeed McCarthy after the California Republican’s historic ouster earlier this week, while at least three House Republicans said they would back Trump in a speaker vote.
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