Posted on 10/24/2023 1:44:36 PM PDT by CFW
GOP Rep. Tom Emmer has dropped out of speaker race – a move that comes just hours after he won his party’s nomination, the latest sign that Republicans are no closer to electing a new speaker.
Earlier in the day, Emmer’s bid to be speaker appeared on the verge of collapse amid opposition from the right flank of his conference and fresh attacks waged by former President Donald Trump – just hours after the Minnesota Republican was picked as the party’s nominee.
Several Republicans who oppose Emmer say they will not move off their opposition and are calling for a new candidate. Emmer can only afford to lose four Republicans, and 26 voted against him behind closed doors.
Emmer voted to certify the 2020 election, voted to keep the government open for 47 days, voted for the bipartisan law to avoid a debt default and voted to codify same-sex marriage – all issues that members of the hard-right have cited as issues.
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Would House Democrats help the GOP's next speaker candidate?
Despite Aguilar's public comments, multiple sources told ABC News that there were ongoing conversations among House Democrats about what to do if Emmer were unable to get the votes needed for speaker and whether Democrats would make a play to help. While no decision had been made, multiple Democrats had signaled they would be open to helping Emmer by voting "present" or sitting out the vote to make it easier for him to win. It's unclear if that changes now that Emmer is out of the race.
I will rest easier tonight.
I go to Mr. Google to learn what promises McCarthy broke and it's like finding peas floating in a lake. Do you have a link that reveals his broken promises?
He at least dropped out quickly
and did not let the Demonrat -Hamas party pick our leader .
McCarthy could try to go that route.
Kevin is just a Rat operative .
“Charlie Brown” McCarthy and “Lucy” Pelosi. The “progressives “ must be laughing their asses off at those that believe in ‘bipartisanship’.
Abandoning the Electoral. College is a nonstarter. That’s like praising Socialism.
McCarthy is causing all this
Those eight folks who voted out McCarthy must be psyched. Think of all the paper they are saving by not writing any bills.
We should be so proud of them.
Throw in a little grace and forgiveness. Seems Donald’s past cannot be allowed to rest.
It is good that Emmer is out after the truth about him became known. Now, draft Trump as Speaker for 100 days, impeach Biden and Harris and let Trump save the Country with his dynamic genius.
Republicans nominate a guy who works for mass murderer George Soros and who wants to get rid of the electoral college.
So who secretly voted for him??????????
>> Wow that was quick!
that’s what she said...
“So who secretly voted for him??????????”
Who DID vote for him? These secret votes shouldn’t be allowed.
“ Our patriots are rotting in a DC jail without having committed a crime or been found guilty of committing a crime. And all that son-of-a-bitch McCarthy had to do to fix it was release the video tapes LIKE HE PROMISED TO DO.”
Well said. That is my biggest gripe about rino McCarthy. He doesn’t care one bit about his party base, or the rule of law, keeping political prisoners helps him pretend to be conservative while supporting the liberal agenda. I hope at some point he wins up the victim of our communist legal system.
“McCarthy just guessed the Gaetz and his small crew were just bluffing about replacing him. He was wrong, and the GOP needs this civil war.”
How many years has it been now that conservatives have been told to “compromise”, “work across the aisle” and “settle” for the political leaders of which Democrats would approve? At least 30 years that I can think of without doing math and remembering all the speakers of the House. (I still think of the 70’s when someone mentions “30 years ago”).
It is way past time that conservatives took a hard stand for their beliefs. The compromises has brought us to the place that girls are having their breasts cut off and college students are cheering for Muslim terrorists.
I’ll not support or vote for appeasement or compromise any longer.
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