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Hmm, there may be a long game going on here. Making Elon the Speaker is total nonsense, of course. But if enough Republicans insist, and we have another protracted Speaker battle, it may go past Jan 6, when the Electoral Votes are counted. Can they even be counted if there is no Speaker to convene the House? If they are not counted, it goes to a contingent election. But can there even be a contingent election in the House if there is no Speaker?
Keep this up long enough, and we end up with President Vance. Boy, will that make Trump upset. All his cases that are "on hold" start up again. And the new President starts his immigration crackdown with one very visible illegal immigrant who broke the rules when he came here....