General Discussion

First of all, ICE outnumbers the police in Minneapolis by something like 3 to 1, and they have no control over the population, so dystopian fantasies of martial law are just that.

Secondly, for whatever reason, this administration obeyed court orders to block deployment of troops to both Portland and Chicago, so an impulsive edict from Trump is far from a done deal.

Lastly,

Johnson’s term as both speaker and representative ends on the last day of business this year, along with the rest of the house. When the new Congress convenes on January 3, 2027, there will be no speaker. The members-elect choose a speaker, and since the majority of members-elect will be Democrats, so will the speaker. The new speaker is sworn in by the clerk, and then the speaker swears in the rest of congress en masse.

There are provisions for raising objections to seating a member, but if a Republican objects to the seating of a Democratic member-elect certified by their state, it would set off a cascading tit-for-tat resulting in no members being seated that day other than the speaker, which is why it has never happened (Hawaii’s first rep is the asterisk).

Just because you can imagine something, and then type it on the internet, does not make that thing possible, plausible or probable (or true).