The US Constitution does not stipulate that the speaker has to be a current member of the House.
  • HumongousChungus [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I’m not surprised by the effort, but I am surprised that this is technically allowed. You’d think the Dems would have just made the CIA director Speaker or Senate VP instead of doing it through Nancy and Schumer. Must be an optics thing.