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Tom Emmer drops out of speaker’s race, hours after being nominated
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Originally Published: 24 OCT 23 05:03 ETUpdated: 24 OCT 23 16:36 ETBy Melanie Zanona, Lauren Fox, Clare Foran, Manu Raju, Haley Talbot, Kristin Wilson and Annie Grayer, CNN(CNN) — GOP Rep. Tom Emmer has dropped out of speaker race – a move that comes just hours after he won his party’s nomination, t…
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One factor that was big in McCarthy’s ouster and both Scalise and Jordan’s bids for speaker was former President Donald Trump’s influence on GOP House members.
WASHINGTON — Republicans chose Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for House speaker late Tuesday, hours after an earlier pick, Rep. Tom Emmer, abruptly withdrew in the face of opposition from D
Republican Tom Emmer abruptly abandoned his bid to become House speaker Tuesday, withdrawing hours after winning the internal party nomination once it became clear he would not have enough support from GOP colleagues for the gavel.
Former President Donald Trump came out against Speaker Designate Tom Emmer (R-MN) shortly after the majority leader won the speaker nomination, calling on House Republicans not to vote for him on the floor.
The Minnesota representative won a majority of votes in a closed-door meeting of Republicans. He will be the third candidate to try to win over broad support from a fractured party in a vote before the full House.
Emmer of Minnesota jumped ahead as the top vote-getter on early-round balloting by Republicans. He will also need to win a majority in a House floor vote.
House Republicans selected Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota as their new speaker nominee Tuesday after several rounds of secret ballot voting. Follow here for the latest on the race to elect a new speaker.
Just a few hours ago, Trump went off on Emmer: "RINO Tom Emmer...never respected the Power of a Trump Endorsement, or the breadth and scope of MAGA—MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday chose Tom Emmer as their nominee for speaker, but struggled to line up enough votes to guarantee he would win the job and fill a leadership vacuum that has paralyzed the chamber for three weeks.
House Republicans selected Rep. Mike Johnson as their next speaker nominee in a secret-ballot vote Tuesday night after Rep. Tom Emmer dropped out of the race earlier in the day — just hours after he was selected as the GOP's third nominee.
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