The far right wants Trump to replace Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker

With Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) becoming the first House Speaker in U.S. history to be voted out by a resolution of Congress, the House must select a new Speaker to be able to return to regular business.

And far-right lawmakers and activists seem to have one person in mind, according to The Daily Beast: former President Donald Trump.

"Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, and even the far-right cable network Newsmax all floated the idea of Trump taking over the role Tuesday evening, just minutes after McCarthy’s ejection from House leadership," reported Chaya Tong. "The phrase 'Nominate Trump' was also trending Tuesday on Elon Musk’s social media site X, formerly known as Twitter — inspired at least in part by Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) unofficially nominating the former president via a viral tweet." Also suggesting the idea was Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) and Trump ally Rudy Giuliani.

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Under the Constitution, it's not actually required for a Speaker of the House to be a sitting member of the body, although in practice every Speaker since the founding of the United States has been.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who spearheaded the motion to oust McCarthy in the first place, has previously suggested naming Trump as Speaker in 2022.

Trump, who is currently running to retake the White House in 2024 and is facing four separate criminal indictments as well as a host of other legal battles, has previously indicated through a spokesperson he has "zero" desire to be House Speaker.