There is no requirement that the Speaker of the House be an elected member of Congress. After Elon Musk all but killed a bill to fund the government, lawmakers now propose to cut out the middleman.
  • @VeedemEnglish
    42•21 hours ago

    This guy has just, out in the open, bought himself into a position of power. This is the type of shit you see in a movie. Next thing you know, he’ll be scowling at a local detective reminding him of his diplomatic immunity.

    • @Zahille7
      13•21 hours ago

      I swear modern society (at least American) has been moulded by the entertainment industry, and all for the worse.

      Everyone acts like a spoiled child because people on tv and movies act
      ridiculous and over the top, and there are almost never any consequences for them.

      • Tiefling IRL
        3•18 hours ago

        The consequence is usually a knight who comes knocking. But we don’t seem to have many of those in real life, and when we do the billionaires charge them with terrorism

    • Flying Squid
      6•19 hours ago

      Can we just give him a skull-shaped island and hope he goes away?

    • SkilurosEnglish
      6•20 hours ago

      This guy has just, out in the open, bought himself into a position of power. This is the type of shit you see in a movie. Next thing you know, he’ll be scowling at a local detective reminding him of his diplomatic immunity.

      Is it really something you only see in a movie (even in the context of the US). This is being reported because Musk’s diva persona, but I would speculate a lot of US oligarchs have previously had massive influence on government processes and some even got themselves into positions of power ala Musk.

  • lettruthoutEnglish
    35•21 hours ago

    I hope they do this actually.

    It would be interesting to see Musk utterly fail in the role. Besides deflating his image/ego, the failure would provide further evidence that business leaders don’t have special skills to magically make government work better.

    Plus: Johnson has been no friend of the American people.

      • lettruthoutEnglish
        10•20 hours ago

        No I haven’t seen him talk on stage, but am not surprised that it hasn’t gone well.

        Do you think he’s aware of this though?

      • @redisdead
        4•17 hours ago

        The appearance of one, too.

  • tate
    15•19 hours ago

    The headline is literally true, but very deceptive.

    ETA: it should have said “Three nutjob fringe GOP reps want…”

  • @RagingSnarkasm
    21•21 hours ago

    This timeline has gone completely off the rails.