Donald Trump gives a speech in Greeneville, North Carolina
(Picture: Live stream)Donald Trump is still looking at ways to take down Biden as president, it seems, as he continues to remain bitter about losing the November election to the Democratic candidate and missing out on a second term in office.
The latest idea to get him back in the top job has been described by the Republican as “very interesting”, and was put to him by right-wing commentator Wayne Allyn Root in an interview.
“Instead of just waiting for 2024 … why not run in 2022 for the United States Congress? A House seat in Florida, win big, lead us to a dramatic landslide victory, taking the House by 50 seats, and then you become the speaker of the House, lead the impeachment of Biden and start criminal investigations against Biden?
“You would wipe him out for the last two years, and then you’ll be president. Do it,” Root said.
Speaking on the phone, Trump replied: “That’s very interesting and people have said, ‘run for the Senate’, but you know what, your idea might be better.”
Right-wing commentator Wayne Allyn Root urged Trump to run for a House seat, become Speaker of the House, and then launch criminal investigations into Biden and impeach him. Trump was intrigued: "It's very interesting." pic.twitter.com/5ECkSABDbi
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 4, 2021
Root isn’t the only Trump supporter to offer up such a suggestion, after former White House strategist Steve Bannon told a group of Republicans in Boston about the plan in February – according to the Boston Herald.
“We totally get rid of Nancy Pelosi, and the first act of President Trump as speaker will be to impeach Joe Biden for his illegitimate activities of stealing the presidency,” he said.
As a reminder, several news sites and fact-checkers have disproven the claim that the election was “stolen” or was not a legal, democratic process.
Such a far-fetched idea from Trump supporters was quickly mocked by the ex-president’s critics online:
Yes because revenge is a much better reason to run for a position than bettering the lives of the people you are elected to serve. Jesus...
— Susan D (@susanjhawk) June 5, 2021
Trump is intrigued by anything that mentions his own name. Nothing more.
— Halucien (@halucien) June 4, 2021
You know what I really love about Trump and his fanbase........ pic.twitter.com/K9pZhoBTc5
— Garry (@bradlaugh1891) June 4, 2021
— MED (@medowlen_78) June 4, 2021
These guys really need to work on learning to accept reality...
— It's Inside You (@itsinsideyou3) June 4, 2021
That is hilarious. Like Trump would actually show up to work.
— Rich Wilfong (@RichWilfong) June 4, 2021
One Twitter user, however, pointed out the fact that Trump and his backers hadn’t considered – even though facts aren’t typically in the former president’s inventory:
Just your regular reminder that the speaker of the house needn’t actually be a member of the house. Do with that apocalyptic knowledge what you will.
— Erik the Rural Juror (@EDoggTheRed) June 4, 2021
Just when we thought Trump couldn’t be pettier...
