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Another One Bites the Dust: Tom Emmer Drops From House Speaker Race Hours After Nomination
Another One Bites the Dust: Tom Emmer Drops From House Speaker Race Hours After Nomination
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US House Majority Whip Tom Emmer dropped out of the House speaker race on Tuesday after failing to secure enough support among Republicans.
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Emmer's withdrawal came just hours after the House Republican Conference nominated him as speaker-designate, and was prompted by opposition to his bid by more than 20 members, US Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) told reporters, according to a Sputnik correspondent.The Minnesota contender managed to earlier secure the nomination after five rounds of a closed-door voting session with party members, having bested fellow US Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA). In order to secure the gavel, Emmer could only have afforded to lose four Republican lawmakers. Reports indicated some 26 representatives opposed him.Among the individuals who opposed Emmer's nomination were Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and former US President Donald Trump, who said Emmer was a "Republican in name only" who "would be a tragic mistake" for the party.Trump further remarked that Emmer was "totally out of touch with Republican voters" and that he had "never respected" the former president's endorsements "or the breadth and scope of MAGA."The Tuesday development marks the third speaker-designee that House Republicans have lost in less than three weeks since the historic ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the speakership. Last week, Republicans momentarily threw their backing for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) but dropped him after he lost three floor votes.A congressional source told Sputnik that Johnson and US Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) may be back in the race to become the next speaker of the US House of Representatives, although nothing is certain.
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Another One Bites the Dust: Tom Emmer Drops From House Speaker Race Hours After Nomination
21:27 GMT 24.10.2023 (Updated: 01:00 GMT 25.10.2023) WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US House Majority Whip Tom Emmer dropped out of the House speaker race on Tuesday after failing to secure enough support among Republicans.
Emmer's withdrawal came just hours after the House Republican Conference
nominated him as speaker-designate, and was prompted by opposition to his bid by more than 20 members, US Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) told reporters, according to a Sputnik correspondent.
The Minnesota contender managed to earlier secure the nomination after five rounds of a closed-door voting session with party members, having bested fellow US Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA).
In order to secure the gavel, Emmer could only have afforded to lose four Republican lawmakers. Reports indicated some 26 representatives opposed him.
Among the individuals who opposed Emmer's nomination were Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and former US President Donald Trump, who said Emmer was a "Republican in name only" who "would be a tragic mistake" for the party.
Trump further remarked that Emmer was "totally out of touch with Republican voters" and that he had "never respected" the former president's endorsements "or the breadth and scope of MAGA."
24 October 2023, 02:51 GMT
The Tuesday development marks the third speaker-designee that House Republicans have lost in less than three weeks since the historic ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the speakership. Last week, Republicans momentarily threw their backing for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) but dropped him after he lost three floor votes.
A congressional source told Sputnik that Johnson and US Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK) may be back in the race to become the next speaker of the US House of Representatives, although nothing is certain. House lawmakers removed McCarthy from his speakership post in early October, leaving the lower chamber leaderless ahead of a government funding deadline and calls for new foreign aid packages.
The House of Representatives is limited in its ability to pass bills or conduct other normal legislative business until they elect a new speaker. Some lawmakers have also proposed empowering temporary speaker pro tempore Patrick McHenry, although other members of Congress have questioned the constitutionality of such a move.
