<p>President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>&#8216;s return to the White House could face complications if the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> cannot elect a speaker by the inauguration early next year.</p>
<p>On &#8220;<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6366525597112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sunday Morning Futures,</a>&#8221; Fox News anchor Jason Chaffetz shared a quote from senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram explaining a scenario in which Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) could become acting president because the 91-year-old is <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/3213569/senate-gop-leadership-shakeup-election/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slated to return</a> as Senate president pro tempore, a position third in line to the presidency.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The House absolutely, unequivocally cannot do anything until it elects a speaker. Period &#8230; This also means that the House cannot certify the results of the Electoral College, making Trump the 47th president of the United States, on Jan 6th.</p>
<p>What happens if the Electoral College isn&#8217;t sorted out by Jan. 20? Well, President Biden is done. So he&#8217;s gone, the same with [Vice President Kamala] Harris. Next in the presidential line of succession is the speaker of the House. Well, there&#8217;s no speaker.</p>
<p>So who becomes the president? &#8230; If the House is still frittering away time, trying to elect a speaker on Jan. 20, President Pro Tem of the Senate Chuck Grassley likely becomes &#8216;acting president.&#8217;</p>
<p>I write &#8216;likely&#8217; because this gets into some serious extra-constitutional turf. These are unprecedented scenarios. Strange lands never visited in the American political experience.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>In the coming days, the House is expected to vote for speaker. Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) is running to keep the gavel, but a handful of Republicans have <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/29/newt-gingrich-support-mike-johnson-speakership-00196103" target="_blank" rel="noopener">talked about</a> considering someone else for speaker amid frustrations with Johnson&#8217;s handling of certain bills, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-last-minute-funding-bill-to-avert-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spending</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-overcomes-final-hurdle-to-send-fisa-reauthorization-bill-to-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">surveillance</a> legislation. A simple majority is needed, but the GOP&#8217;s margin is only a few members wide and so far it appears no Democrats will cross the aisle and support Johnson.</p>
<p>Some GOP lawmakers have warned of the repercussions for Trump if the House is unable to settle on someone for speaker.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to delay the certification of President Trump&#8217;s election. It&#8217;s going to delay the start of his first 100 days in office, which is the most important time frame of his whole presidency,&#8221; House Oversight Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">James Comer</a> (R-KY) said during a &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/video/6366525597112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a>. &#8220;That&#8217;s when you get the most done historically. So, I strongly encourage President Trump to get on the phone and try to get everyone united so we can work together as a team and make America great again.&#8221;</p>

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