Matt Gaetz says he's talked to Trump about making the former president speaker of the House if Republicans win a majority
In July, Rep. Matt Gaetz pledged at a Florida rally to nominate Donald Trump as House speaker.
He mentioned it again Tuesday but said he'd keep details of his talks with Trump confidential.
A Trump representative has said the former president has "zero desire" to become House speaker.
During a Tuesday news conference on the imprisonment of January 6 defendants, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida said he'd talked to former President Donald Trump about making him speaker of the House of Representatives if the Republicans were to retake the majority in the 2022 midterm elections.
When pressed for additional details on the conversation, Gaetz said he kept "conversations with the former president between the two of us."
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This isn't the first time Gaetz has pushed the idea. He began campaigning on the promise at a "Save America" rally in July in Sarasota, Florida, according to the ABC affiliate WTXL, in addition to including it in one of his fundraising newsletters.