There is no requirement that the Speaker of the House be an elected member of Congress. After Elon Musk all but killed a bill to fund the government, lawmakers now propose to cut out the middleman.
  • Veedem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    1 day ago

    This guy has just, out in the open, bought himself into a position of power. This is the type of shit you see in a movie. Next thing you know, he’ll be scowling at a local detective reminding him of his diplomatic immunity.

    • Zahille7@lemmy.world
      13·
      1 day ago

      I swear modern society (at least American) has been moulded by the entertainment industry, and all for the worse.

      Everyone acts like a spoiled child because people on tv and movies act
      ridiculous and over the top, and there are almost never any consequences for them.

      • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        3·
        1 day ago

        The consequence is usually a knight who comes knocking. But we don’t seem to have many of those in real life, and when we do the billionaires charge them with terrorism

    • Skiluros@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      1 day ago

      This guy has just, out in the open, bought himself into a position of power. This is the type of shit you see in a movie. Next thing you know, he’ll be scowling at a local detective reminding him of his diplomatic immunity.

      Is it really something you only see in a movie (even in the context of the US). This is being reported because Musk’s diva persona, but I would speculate a lot of US oligarchs have previously had massive influence on government processes and some even got themselves into positions of power ala Musk.

  • lettruthout@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36·
    1 day ago

    I hope they do this actually.

    It would be interesting to see Musk utterly fail in the role. Besides deflating his image/ego, the failure would provide further evidence that business leaders don’t have special skills to magically make government work better.

    Plus: Johnson has been no friend of the American people.

  • tate@lemmy.sdf.org
    15·
    1 day ago

    The headline is literally true, but very deceptive.

    ETA: it should have said “Three nutjob fringe GOP reps want…”