Former US President Donald Trump showed his willingness to become a short-term speaker of the House of Representatives Thursday to act as a unifier as he plans to visit Capitol Hill next week after the removal of Kevin McCarthy.
Donald Trump told Fox News that if the Republican party could not make ground for another candidate with consensus, he would put himself forward to act as a unifier.
A presidential candidate can technically assume the Speaker’s office after the seat is vacant due to the removal of Grand Old Party’s (GOP) member Kevin McCarthy.
The former Speaker of the House of Representatives was removed from his post as a small number of fellow Republicans joined in an effort launched by Democrats to oust the leader of the House with a 216-210 vote.
For the first time in its 234-year history, the House backed a resolution “to vacate the speaker’s office,” setting the stage for an unprecedented contest to replace Kevin McCarthy a year before the presidential election.
Representative Patrick McHenry from the Republican party — a close ally of the ousted leader of the House — was named as acting Speaker from a list designated by McCarthy and shared with the House clerk.
