(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . It's Junta-Time: Mango Mussolini for House Speaker! or maybe just a MAQA-phone [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-04 Why stop with the current self-immolation of Congress’s ‘lower house’. As long as an extremist minority runs the GQP, the time for going all-in has arrived. Donald J. Trump is after all, the accelerationists’ choice. If you remove Kevin, Charlie’s Cousin, because ‘you couldn’t trust him’, what would be any different for the GQP with going full fascist by giving the Hairpiece a shot. He is the once-and-future Red Caesar for the RWNJs. By making Trump the House Speaker you could allow a designated GOP leadership junta to pull the strings because Mango was clueless about the federal government enough to try to eradicate it, and isn’t that why some Republicans were stupid enough to con even stupider Low-Info, hat-buying Voters into their support. There’s no figure-head like an insane figurehead for ‘deconstructing the administrative state’, The short-run media frenzy would likely enhance the 2024 election as the ever-transactional Republicans have already turned the clown car into a bandwagon, except for some pesky GOP Conference rules, but isn’t that how we got here? One-vote, single-member, simple majority removals of a Speaker? Suspending and bending rules by a tyrannical minority is their forte. Darn that inconvenient rule of law. In an article published by The Guardian on October 2, journalist Jason Wilson describes the "Red Caesar" ideology that some Claremont members and MAGA Republicans are now promoting. POLL: Should Trump be allowed to hold office again? "For the last three years," Wilson explains, "parts of the American right have advocated a theory called Caesarism as an authoritarian solution to the claimed collapse of the U.S. republic in conference rooms, podcasts and the house organs of the extreme right — especially those associated with the Claremont Institute think tank…. Their calls for a 'Red Caesar' are now only growing louder as Donald Trump, whose supporters attempted to violently halt the election of Joe Biden in 2020, has assumed dominant frontrunner status in the 2024 Republican nomination race." Wilson adds, "Trump, who also faces multiple criminal indictments, has spoken openly of attacking the free press in the U.S. and having little regard for American constitutional norms should he win the White House again. The idea that the U.S. might be redeemed by a Caesar — an authoritarian, right-wing leader — was first broached explicitly by Michael Anton, a Claremont senior fellow and Trump presidential adviser." www.msn.com/... As Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has been booted from his post as House speaker after a motion to vacate brought forth by hardliner Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Calif., an unlikely nominee has been suggested as next speaker: former President Donald Trump. Texas Rep. Troy Nehls said in a statement Tuesday afternoon his first order of business when the House reconvenes "will be to nominate Donald J. Trump for Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives." "President Trump, the greatest President of my lifetime, has a proven record of putting America First and will make the House great again," he said. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., followed suit in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday evening: "@realDonaldTrump for Speaker." news.yahoo.com/... x Kevin McCarthy will NOT be running again as Speaker. I nominate Donald J. Trump for Speaker of the House. — Congressman Troy E. Nehls (@RepTroyNehls) October 3, 2023 [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/4/2197283/-It-s-Junta-Time-Mango-Mussolini-for-House-Speaker-or-maybe-just-a-MAQA-phone?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=more_community&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/