Trump Says Only Jesus Christ Could Be Elected House Speaker

Twenty days after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker of the House—and with House Republicans once again starting from scratch to find a new leader—former President Donald Trump declared on Monday that there was just one candidate who could win enough support.

“There’s only one person that can do it all the way,” Trump said before a New Hampshire rally. “You know who that is? Jesus Christ. If Jesus came down and said, ‘I want to be Speaker,’ he would do it. Other than that, I haven’t seen anybody that can guarantee it.”

The ex-president’s quip comes days after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), who had increasingly lost GOP support due to his bullying tactics, was dumped as nominee for speaker.

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