Posted on 10/25/2023 5:17:31 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Just when the congressman thought he had neutralized Trump, the former president lowered the boom.
Just hours after Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) won the Republican Conference’s nomination to be House speaker on Tuesday, former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to deride the congressman as “totally out-of-touch with Republican Voters” and a “Globalist RINO.”
He then got on the phone with members to express his aversion for Emmer and his bid for speaker.
By Tuesday afternoon Trump called one person close to him with the message, “He’s done. It’s over. I killed him.”
Just minutes later, Emmer officially dropped out of the race.
His withdrawal made Emmer the third nominee for speaker to have his hopes dashed for the most cursed job in politics. And it showed that while Trump may not be able to elevate someone to the post — his earlier choice for the job, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), also flopped — he can very well ensure that a person doesn’t get it.
Clues that Emmer, the No. 3 House Republican, might become the latest victim of the broken GOP conference were evident early on.
Trump had signaled to aides last week that he did not support Emmer’s bid for the speakership. The former president complained that Emmer had criticized him following the Trump-inspired Jan. 6 Capitol riot and, among other things, had not forcefully enough defended him against his multiple indictments.
But as of Friday night, it looked like Trump would stay out of the race himself, while leaving it to his allies — such as Steve Bannon, Boris Epshteyn and Roger Stone — to express their strong opposition.
But a sequence of missteps by Emmer changed Trump’s mind.
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Post #20. You let Politico roll you
Obviously they have more clout than you and your name-calling.
How long before he's indicted for murder?
cut the head off one wimp cuck, 2 more will take his place.
Inelegant, perhaps even Freudian choice of words on Trump’s part but what else is new? One doesn’t care.
Would Trump just kindly go away?
Hallmarks of another, typical Politico hit piece on Trump...
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