Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said on Tuesday he was talking to former President Trump about making him House speaker after next year's midterms.
The idea has been floated by a certain brand of Republican for months, possibly as a joke or a fundraising ploy or a way to juice turnout in the 2022 elections.
But during a press conference, Gaetz went a step further.
He was asked by a reporter whether he wanted to see the former president as speaker.
'I would,' he answered.
And has he spoken to Trump about it?
'I have,' he said with a grin, before declining to say more.
'I keep my conversations with the former president between the two of us.'
Rep. Matt Gaetz has floated the idea of Speaker Trump in the past and on Tuesday said he had spoken to the former president about it
Trump said it was an 'interesting' idea when asked earlier this year whether he was interested in becoming House speaker, although skeptics see the suggestion as a way to troll Democrats
It is not the first time that Gaetz has raised the idea of turning the House over to Trump.
In July, at a Trump rally in Sarasota, Florida, he said: 'After the next election cycle when we take back the House of Representatives, when we send Nancy Pelosi back to the filth of San Francisco, my commitment to you is that my vote for speaker of the US House of Representatives will go to Donald J. Trump.'
Republicans are in pole position to win back the House. They need to take just five seats from a Democratic
