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The rules say a person under indictment can’t be Speaker. How’s that?

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But what about after the indictments are resolved?

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Then it’s OK because he is no longer under indictment.

But…

Rule 26 of the House Republican Conference rules states:

“A member of the Republican Leadership shall step aside if indicted for a felony for which a sentence of two or more years imprisonment may be imposed.”

With 91 charges carrying at least two years, chances are he’s going to fall for at least one.

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House Republicans have ignored their own rules as late as like, 2 weeks ago, or some shit when they just decided to imprach without a vote.

Rules smules.

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At this point they’ll try anything if they’re mostly sure it won’t land them in jail, and they’d rather make themselves “too powerful” to prosecute than to simply obey the law.

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I dunno, He seems pretty incapable of doing the work. I doubt he could even understand the job, considering he ‘won against Obama in 2016’ and ‘is worried about Biden causing world war II’

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Agree he can’t, as in is incapable of doing the job… but I think what we are looking for is “may not”, as in, “I can’t do it because I’m not allowed”. If he is ALLOWED, then the maga republicans will do their best to put him there and happily spiral the country.

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