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Senator Rand Paul has suggested that Elon Musk be named the new Speaker of the House to replace Rep. Mike Johnson.

The Kentucky politician made the suggestion in a Thursday morning post on X.

“The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress . . .” Sen. Paul began. . .

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>Senator Rand Paul has suggested that Elon Musk be named the new Speaker of the House to replace Rep. Mike Johnson. >The Kentucky politician made the suggestion in a Thursday morning post on X. >“The Speaker of the House need not be a member of Congress . . .” Sen. Paul began. . . [Source](https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/sen-rand-paul-calls-elon-musk-be-named/) Added: [MTG Loves the idea.](https://x.com/RepMTG/status/1869768295399964765)

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There's no reason he can't be SotH, but he'd be removed from the order of .

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I glanced at the link but didn't see where as a non-elected official Musk would be disqualified from ascension in the case of a POTUS and VPOTUS disaster. I know the (((DS))) would do everything in their power to remove him before he became POTUS. Senate would want to elect their own president pro tempore.

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He's disqualified because .

The U.S. Constitution states that the president must:

  • Be a natural-born citizen of the United States
  • Be at least 35 years old
  • Have been a resident of the United States for 14 years
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True. I wasn't looking at it from that angle in my response, was only considering the unelected Speaker ascension and how it might be thwarted.

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That didn't stop obama.

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He isn’t qualified to be president, not being born of natural citizens. Harris was not qualified to be VP, for same reason.

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Good points. I wasn't looking at the proposition from the natural born American citizen perspective (wrt Elon). The Kamala issue always had me scratching my head but (((Republicans))) didn't raise any stink over those facts after she was nominated by (((DNC))) to run for POTUS.