I’m with Al on this one.
How does Trump become Speaker of the House unless he becomes a Senator and The Senior Senator?
He ain’t going to play a lets wait and see how long it take me be the leader . . . He already is one and being a Senatwhore would be a real drag for Trump.
That question should go down in history as the most nonsensical question of all time.
Please do not take my word for it, Dogpile the issue and see what comes up.
For instance, “Although the text of the Constitution does not require the Speaker to also be a member of the House, in fact the Speaker has always been a Representative.”
I submit that may be because both the House and the Senate in a very real sense, rank with the world’s most exclusive clubs. In any event, it will always be the major political party that decides who it is that will follow the Pres and VP in the line of succession, so it may make little difference.
Someone such as Trump, with his negotiating background, connections, financial history, etc., who set his mind to it could make it happen in the normal course or otherwise. Re the normal course, he is high in the polls and could easily step around any troublesome rules that may exist requiring one to be a senior senator.
On another plane, how unlikely is it that Oprah with her $’s could become Commissioner of the NBA if she so desired?
Have always enjoyed your posts. Gotta’ run, have a good one.