Troy Nehls, from Texas, calls Trump ‘the greatest president of my lifetime’ and says he will nominate him to replace Kevin McCarthy

A Texas Republican said he would nominate Donald Trump to be the next speaker of the US House of Representatives, after the party completed the unprecedented removal of one of its own, Kevin McCarthy.

Troy Nehls said: “This week, when the US House of Representatives reconvenes, my first order of business will be to nominate Donald J Trump for speaker of the US House of Representatives.

“President Trump, the greatest president of my lifetime, has a proven record of putting America first and will make the House great again.”

The speaker does not have to be a member of Congress, though no speaker has ever assumed the role without holding a seat.

  • TechyDad@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Dictatorship run by MAGA Republicans. First by Trump, until he “graciously decides to give up the office.” (Read: drops dead on the throne.)

    No education is allowed unless the MAGAs approve of it. In addition, science is distrusted. Companies flee the country as all scientific progress not only grinds to a halt, but reverses.

    Kids are essentially taught “white Christian men are better than anyone else.” Using coded language at first until they get bolder. Slavery? That was just A job opportunity program for Black people.

    Anyone who isn’t deemed MAGA enough doesn’t get to vote until they go to a re-education camp. There you’ll learn that been LGBTQ is a mental illness, believing in any religion other than Christianity sends you to hell, and a woman that gets raped must have been dressed wrong.

    Opposing parties would be allowed to exist at much reduced levels. They wouldn’t have any political power, but would be handy scapegoats. Any opposition leader who gained too much of a following would get arrested on some obviously made up charge.

    In short, it would be a Christian Theocracy mixed with Russian Authoritarianism.

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      1 year ago

      Very well put. The terrifying thing is, that all of those steps are already being put into effect.