I know we're living in the crapsack timeline, but I didn't realize it was a crapsack made of little shit people that the Republicans sculpted like they were Play-Doh and then threw them in the sack and made screaming noises, pretending the little shit people were screaming, before declaring that sack to be their new second-in-command after Trump.
Couldn't he turn it down even if he gets the votes? Unless he knows something we don't know and MTG and pals have a plan to get him installed as president this way.
Installing the Speaker as President just requires removing Pres and VP. It's 3rd in line.