Donald Trump Delivers Rambling 'Pep Talk' To Republicans On Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump gave House Republicans a rambling “pep talk” Thursday in his first visit to Capitol Hill since a mob of his supporters attacked Congress on Jan. 6, 2021.

Lawmakers told HuffPost Trump didn’t bring up the insurrection, but sources told other outlets he did mention Taylor Swift, the missed opportunity for a romantic relationship with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) being supported by his wife.

The official readout from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was that Trump told Republicans they were doing a very good job, and they clapped for him.

“He said very complimentary things about all of us. We had sustained applause,” Johnson said. “He said I’m doing a very good job. We’re grateful for that.”

Republicans have poured resources into their so-far-unsuccessful efforts to impeach President Joe Biden and to investigate the supposed “weaponization” of the Justice Department against Trump, who faces felony charges for hoarding classified documents and trying to steal the 2020 election.

One thing Trump didn’t do much of during his Capitol Hill visitwas discuss a governing agenda if he wins the White House and Republicans control Congress next year.

“I didn’t hear any policy talk,” Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.) told HuffPost as he left the meeting. “It was a pep talk.”

It sounds like the former president delivered the same kind of stream-of-consciousness remarks that he uses at his rallies.

Sources told the nonprofit news outlet NOTUS that Trump rambled like a “drunk uncle” and that he said one of Pelosi’s daughters told him that he and Pelosi could have been a couple.

“If things were different, Nancy and I would be perfect together,”