Amid celebrations of the dismal GOP midterm efficiency, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) warned Sunday that election deniers that can represent greater than a 3rd of the brand new Home may make Donald Trump their speaker.
The numbers alone are a “assertion concerning the political contamination of the GOP by Donald Trump,” Raskin stated on “Face the Nation” on CBS.
Raskin envisioned a wild situation by which extremist Home Republicans loyal to Trump “would possibly simply vote” for the previous president to change into speaker of the Home (supplied the GOP wins a 218 majority when all outcomes are counted).
“We all know that the hard-right Freedom Caucus individuals are looking for one other candidate” for Home speaker, Raskin instructed Margaret Brennan.
“One potential candidate whose title has been floated is Donald Trump himself as a result of the speaker of the Home doesn’t must be a member of the Home,” he continued. “And they’re speaking about placing Trump proper there.”
They “discuss it repeatedly,” Raskin famous. “If Trump determined he needed to do it, it could pose a profound drawback for his or her celebration as a result of they refuse to do the fitting factor.”
CBS Information has projected that at least 155 Republican election deniers will win their Home seats, and 9 will fill Senate positions, Brennan famous.
HuffPost reported Saturday {that a} complete of greater than 160 GOP election deniers, each newly elected and former members of Congress, will probably be within the Home and Senate.
The affect of election deniers is “going to create profound cognitive and political dissonance inside the GOP,” Raskin warned. “Is it actually Trump’s celebration? Or does it stand for one thing else?”
The combination will demand painful selections by Republicans, he stated.
Present Home Minority chief Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and others inside the Republican Social gathering are “now required to decide about whether or not they’re going to strive rid themselves of Donald Trump and his poisonous affect on the celebration,” Raskin famous.
McCarthy introduced his bid to change into Home speaker on Nov. 9 earlier than a Republican majority was confirmed (it nonetheless isn’t). Even when Trump isn’t within the combine, he may face a heated battle to change into speaker.
Raskin referred to as the conflict a “actual drawback” for McCarthy as a result of “sure pro-Trumpists inside his Home caucus refuse to just accept that he’s actually with Trump. They need to get rid” of McCarthy.
“They could simply vote for Trump once they take the roll name for speaker,” he underscored.
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