Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer rebuked a suggestion by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., that former President Trump become the next speaker of the House.
Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., snapped back at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., online Thursday afternoon as calls for former President Trump to become the next speaker of the House echo among some GOP lawmakers. 'No thanks, we’re good,' Schumer said on X, formerly known as Twitter, in response to the congresswoman. 'We’ve seen a Trump rally at the Capitol already.
It’s not the first time Trump has been floated as a nominee for speakership. In January, as McCarthy struggled to garner enough votes to secure his speakership, Gaetz cast a ballot for Trump. McCarthy angered hard-liners over the weekend when he passed a short-term spending bill known as a continuing resolution to keep the government open for 45 days to avert a government shutdown and give lawmakers more time to cobble together 12 individual spending bills. So far, Reps.
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