{"id":21300,"date":"2022-01-13T01:48:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T01:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/matt-gaetz-says-hes-talked-with-trump-about-making-him-speaker-of-the-house\/"},"modified":"2022-01-13T01:48:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T01:48:55","slug":"matt-gaetz-says-hes-talked-with-trump-about-making-him-speaker-of-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/business-markets\/matt-gaetz-says-hes-talked-with-trump-about-making-him-speaker-of-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Gaetz Says He\u2019s Talked With Trump About Making Him Speaker Of The House"},"content":{"rendered":"

Topline Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said Tuesday he’s spoken directly with former President Donald Trump about installing Trump as House Speaker if Republicans win control of the chamber in the midterms, reviving an idea he pushed over the summer that was largely dismissed by all but the most extreme-right fringes of the GOP. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) dramatically questions witnesses at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on … [+] Capitol Hill in Washington on December 4, 2019. SAUL LOEB\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images Key Facts When asked at a news conference whether he\u2019d spoken with Trump about the idea, a beaming Gaetz\u2014one of the hardest-right representatives in Congress\u2014responded: \u201cI have,\u201d though he declined to go into further details.\u00a0 Gaetz launched a fundraising effort in the summer after he promised to nominate Trump as speaker if the GOP retakes the House, though Trump associates denied at the time that he had any interest in the role. The idea did gather some steam among spotlight-grabbing far-right Republicans, like Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Mar… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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Topline Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said Tuesday he’s spoken directly with former President Donald Trump about installing Trump as House Speaker if Republicans win control of the chamber in the midterms, reviving an idea he pushed over the summer that was largely dismissed by all but the most extreme-right fringes of the GOP. Rep. 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