• teft
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    513 days ago

    Nope. It can be anyone except someone already appointed in the executive branch. It’s just tradition that the speaker was a representative.

    • ms.lane
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      113 days ago

      Imagine Trump having to ‘slum it’ in the lower house though.

      • @[email protected]
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        413 days ago

        He’d only show up when it mattered and leave a peon to do any actual work. Probably Steven Miller.