• DancingBear@midwest.social
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    21 hours ago

    That’s interesting…

    But I don’t think it says anywhere that the speaker of the house has to be an elected member of congress?

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      21 hours ago

      Nope. It can be anyone except someone already appointed in the executive branch. It’s just tradition that the speaker was a representative.