Trump: I Can Get GOP Reps To Vote For Nancy Pelosi

Roll Call reports:

President Donald Trump on Saturday said he can twist enough House Republican arms to give Nancy Pelosi the necessary votes to become speaker.

The California Democrat publicly says she has ample support within her own caucus to secure the gavel. But all indications are a floor vote could be close, meaning Republicans could opt — for a list of reasons — to put her over the top.

For Trump, making Pelosi speaker would give him the sense that she owes him legislatively and also ensure that his top campaign-trail foil, who remains intensely unpopular with Republican voters, remains in the headlines through his re-election bid.

I can get Nancy Pelosi as many votes as she wants in order for her to be Speaker of the House. She deserves this victory, she has earned it – but there are those in her party who are trying to take it away. She will win! @TomReedCongress

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 17, 2018

Trump told reporters this morning that he could deliver 50 Republican votes to make Pelosi speaker.

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— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) November 17, 2018