A series of events in the past few weeks has undercut what little power Johnson ever had among his fellow Republicans in the House. GOP representatives – the group that he theoretically leads – are so angry that they publicly call him names. Republicans are using parliamentary procedures to get votes on bills that Johnson doesn’t want to bring to the floor.
Incumbents panicking over the potential to lose their seats, in a Democratic landslide, are blaming Johnson for their problems. He has to make promises he must know he can’t keep to get bills passed. And Donald Trump is doing nothing to help Johnson in his time of need.
Maybe Trump’s plan is to eject Johnson, get Republicans in the House to elect him to be Speaker, hold both positions at the same time (because who’s gonna tell him he can’t? His handpicked Supreme Court?), then simply refuse to acknowledge the results of the election if it goes South for him.
Fuck it, does the constitution say you have to be a different person from the vice president? Might as well go for the trifecta
I feel like Huey P. Long did something very similar to this. We’ll see how it all plays out for the president.