The 2024 Republican presidential candidate supports former President Donald Trump’s nomination for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Vivek Ramaswamy supports Donald Trump for House Speaker role
American biotechnology entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has indicated his support for former President Donald Trump as successive Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
On Wednesday, Ramaswamy said he supports some Republicans who are seeking to nominate Trump for the vacant position of president. He posted on X: “It’s not crazy. We need to make things happen there.
In addition to Ramaswamy, Rep. Troy Nehls (Texas), Greg Steube (Florida) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Georgia) support nominating Trump as the next Speaker of the House.
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Although Republicans want to see the former president as Speaker of the House, Trump noted that he is not interested in taking on the role of Speaker of the House and instead wants to focus on his 2024 presidential campaign and future ones. GOP primaries.
Trump said outside a Manhattan courthouse: “A lot of people have called me about the President. All I can say is we will do whatever is best for the country and the Republican Party. I focus entirely on that. If I can help them through the process, I will. But we have great people in the Republican Party who could do a great job as president.
Additionally, Trump may not be eligible to serve as president because he faces numerous criminal charges in several cases, per GOP conference rules.
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Rule 26 of the House Republican Conference rules states that “a member of the Republican leadership shall withdraw if indicted for a crime for which a sentence of two years or more imprisonment may be imposed.” However, House Republicans can change the rule by voting.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to remove California Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker.
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Ramaswamy had supported the few Republican conservatives who attempted to remove McCarthy as Speaker of the House. In his video message released after the vote to oust the President, the presidential candidate suggested that sometimes chaos is a good thing.
Ramaswamy had said, “The aim of impeaching the Speaker of the House was to create chaos. That’s what the critics of Matt Gaetz and everyone else say. And my advice to the people who voted to impeach him is to own it. »
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He continued: “Admit it. There was no better course of action to determine who will fill this role of President. So, was it about sowing chaos? Yes it was. But the real question to ask, to get to the bottom of it, is whether chaos is really such a bad thing?
Ramaswamy comes in third behind Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Trump in most polls, while in some polls the emerging politician also ranks second behind the former president for the 2024 GOP nomination.
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