Here’s a fun fact about the Constitution: this document created the office of the Speaker of the House in 1789 but does not require its occupant to be a sitting member of the body, although every Speaker so far has been.
This means President Trump could run for the office of Speaker. Ascending to the Speakership would round out two-firsts for a man that partisans on all sides regard as extraordinary: the first President never to have held public office or serve in the U.S. military and the first House Speaker not to sit in that body.
This idea came to mind because, as a young staffer in the House, I hatched a scheme to deliver enough Republican votes to elect Danny Rostenkowski Speaker over the odious Jim Wright. The plan went nowhere, but the concept of a bi-partisan House leadership has not left me. The idea is unconventional, but so is Trump.
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