{"id":2056723,"date":"2023-10-05T15:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T19:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-might-go-to-capitol-hill-to-try-to-stop-feuds-among-house-republicans\/"},"modified":"2023-10-05T15:23:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T19:23:34","slug":"trump-might-go-to-capitol-hill-to-try-to-stop-feuds-among-house-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-might-go-to-capitol-hill-to-try-to-stop-feuds-among-house-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump could visit Capitol Hill to mediate House Republican disputes."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-might-go-to-capitol-hill-to-try-to-stop-feuds-among-house-republicans%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2056723&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former President Donald Trump \u200cConsidering Trip to Capitol Hill\u200c to Unite Republican\u200d Caucus<\/h2>\n<p>According to reports, former President\u2062 Donald Trump is contemplating \u2063a visit to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. next week. His objective is to bring together the Republican caucus as they prepare to \u2062nominate a new speaker of the House.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, when Rep. Matt Gaetz filed \u200da motion\u200b to vacate the speakership, resulting in the removal of Rep. \u2063Kevin McCarthy, Trump refrained\u200c from offering much\u200d input. Despite referring to McCarthy as &#8220;my Kevin,&#8221; Trump only urged\u200d Republicans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-might-go-to-capitol-hill-to-try-to-stop-feuds-among-house-republicans\/\" title=\"Trump could visit Capitol Hill to mediate House Republican disputes.\">avoid\u200d internal conflicts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While\u200d there were speculations about Trump&#8217;s interest in the position, sources suggest \u200bthat his primary focus \u2062is resolving disputes\u2062 within the party.\u200d However, \u200cit remains uncertain whether he will ultimately \u200cdecide to pursue this endeavor.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting\u200b that\u200d the \u200cHouse has never elected \u2063a \u2062speaker from outside \u200cof Congress, although it is not a\u2063 constitutional requirement to be a\u2064 member.<\/p>\n<p>Given the narrow majority of House Republicans, Trump would need near-unanimous support from them, which could prove challenging despite the \u200dcontinued backing he receives from many representatives.<\/p>\n<p><b>Politico<\/b> highlighted potential obstacles to Trump becoming speaker, as Republican Party conference rules dictate that GOP leaders must step down if indicted for a felony carrying a potential sentence of two or more years imprisonment. Currently, Trump faces 91 felony counts across four indictments.<\/p>\n<p>These rules align with similar policies enforced \u200cby\u2062 Democrats. For instance, last month, Sen. Bob Menendez was required to step down as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after being charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-arrest-antifa-fugitive-wanted-on-felony-charges-release-him-again-without-bail\/\" title=\"Police Arrest Antifa Fugitive Wanted on Felony Charges, Release Him Again Without Bail\">multiple felonies related<\/a> to \u2064an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-raids-detroit-city-hall-council-members-homes-in-light-of-corruption-probe\/\" title=\"FBI raids Detroit City Hall, council members\u2019 homes in light of corruption probe\">alleged bribery scheme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-grants-26-pardons-and-3-commutations-includes-numerous-prominent-names\/\" title=\"Trump Grants 26 Pardons And 3 Commutations, Includes Numerous Prominent Names\">breaking news story<\/a>; refresh the page\u2064 for updates.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What challenges might Donald Trump face in gaining near-unanimous support from\u2064 House \u2062Republicans\u200d for the speaker \u200bposition?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Former President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a visit\u200d to Capitol Hill next week with the aim of uniting\u2062 the Republican caucus ahead of the nomination of a new speaker of the House. While there were speculations\u2062 about Trump&#8217;s interest in the position, sources suggest that his primary focus \u2064is resolving disputes within the party. However, it \u2063remains uncertain whether he \u200bwill ultimately decide \u2062to\u200c pursue \u200cthis\u2064 endeavor.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth \u2062noting\u200b that historically,\u200c the speaker position has\u200b only \u2063been elected from within \u2062Congress, although\u2063 it is not \u2063a constitutional requirement to be a member. Trump \u2063would need near-unanimous\u2062 support from \u2064House Republicans, which could \u2063prove \u200bchallenging despite \u200dthe continued backing he \u2064receives from many representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Potential obstacles to Trump becoming\u200d speaker were \u200dhighlighted by\u2062 Politico, as Republican Party conference rules dictate that GOP leaders must step down if indicted for a felony carrying a potential\u2062 sentence of two or more years\u200d imprisonment. Currently, Trump faces \u206491 felony counts across four \u2064indictments. These rules are \u2062in \u200bline with similar policies\u200d enforced by Democrats, as seen in\u2063 the case\u2063 of Senator Bob\u2063 Menendez who was required to step down from his committee chairmanship after being charged with multiple felonies.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story, and updates will \u200bbe provided as new \u2064information becomes\u2062 available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump is considering a visit to Capitol Hill to rally the Republican caucus and support their selection of a new House speaker. While he refrained from commenting on Rep. Matt Gaetz&#8217;s (R-FL) decision to file, Trump&#8217;s presence could potentially influence the proceedings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2056724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2056723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2056723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2056723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2056723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2056724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2056723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2056723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2056723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}