The idea of former President Donald Trump as speaker of the House has some pro-Trump Republicans excited — and at least one Democratic leader notably less so.

“If Trump becomes Speaker of the House, the House chamber will be like a Trump rally everyday!!” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote Thursday in a post on X. “It would be the House of MAGA!!!”

About an hour later, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the social media platform to ridicule the idea.

“No thanks, we’re good,” Schumer posted in response to Greene. “We’ve seen a Trump rally at the Capitol already,” he added, an apparent reference to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, which began after Trump held a rally near the White House during which he encouraged protesters to march on the building.

Trump, the current frontrunner in the GOP presidential primary, is now facing criminal charges for his actions surrounding Jan. 6 and attempts to subvert the 2020 presidential election.

The former president on Wednesday seemed to brush aside the idea of throwing his name into the speakership race, saying he was more focused on the race for the White House. But by Thursday, he was considering making a visit to the Capitol, where he would be open to pitching himself for the role.

Trump’s path to the gavel is a long shot. The House has never elected a speaker who wasn’t a member of Congress, though it is not technically a constitutional requirement. And Trump could hit a roadblock thanks to the GOP’s conference rules, which state that a member of GOP leadership is required to step aside “if indicted for a felony for which a sentence of two or more years imprisonment may be imposed.”

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