Posted on 10/22/2023 5:51:07 AM PDT by KC Burke
House Republicans voted down Jim Jordan, a member from Ohio, as a candidate for the House Speaker position. The secret ballot concluded with 112 votes against Jordan and 86 in his favor.
This ballot was cast after the House of Representatives lacked a Speaker for over two weeks, following a motion by Matt Gaetz to vacate the chair. Kevin McCarthy had also been removed from the position earlier in the month by a 216-210 vote.
The eight Republicans that voted against McCarthy included Biggs, Buck, Burchett, Crane, Gaetz, Good, Mace, and Rosendale.
After the recent ballot, Kevin McCarthy voiced his support for Tom Emmer (MN) for the position of House Speaker. Emmer subsequently announced to the House Republican Conference his intention to seek nomination for the role.
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The sooner Gyorgy boy passes away the better.
No articles or discussion about this guy that the NYT says is the next blue hope.
No politician from Minnesota should be allowed within 1000 miles of DC.
GTFOH. No Emmert.
His son’s are worse!
He would be a disaster, a hard NO!
A snake in the grass..?
I wish that were true- his son, no in charge of the families political interests, is 10x worse.
Please, don’t insult snakes.
“..No politician from Minnesota should be allowed within 1000 miles of DC....”
^THIS^
“..The sooner Gyorgy boy passes away the better....”
The evil POS should NEVER been allowed in the USA to start with.
If Rs vote for him, the blackmail pictures on them have been produced.
After Republicans finally dethroned Jim Jordan as their speaker of the House nominee Friday, GOP eyes turned to Rep. Tom Emmer. The Minnesota congressman seemed like the natural choice: He engineered his party’s successful effort to retake the House in 2022, and he’s currently the third-ranking Republican in that chamber. Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy quickly endorsed Emmer. “He’ll immediately become the frontrunner,” wrote Punchbowl News’ Jake Sherman.
He helped and backed and funneled money to lots of rank and file Republicans. He is considered the engineer of the majority.
IIRC, he has turned over most of the control to his son. Turns out he is worse than dad. 🖕 soreass and his naughtZee org.
🙏🇮🇱👍
I suppose a new way to describe these “hard ass” rinos would be sheep in wolves clothing. Nearly all of them are in it for the money. And I certainly ain’t talking about their pay checks.
🙏🇮🇱👍
politico.com
By ALEX ISENSTADT
10/20/2023
Trump tells allies he doesn’t support Tom Emmer’s speaker bid
The frontrunner for the post is already running into problems.
pic—— Rep. Tom Emmer speaks with Rep. Mike Simpson on the House floor during a vote to elect a speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol on Friday. | Francis Chung/POLITICO
Former President Donald Trump privately conveyed to allies on Friday he does not back House Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s bid for speaker, throwing another wrench into an already chaotic process to find the next person to hold the gavel.
Trump’s conversations come as Emmer has begun privately expressing his interest in the post. The Minnesota Republican, who has been making calls to fellow lawmakers, has emerged as an early frontrunner, having received the endorsement of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
But a sustained offensive from Trump, if one materializes, could spell doom, as any candidate for the job can only afford to lose a handful of votes.
The former president’s top allies are already working to thwart Emmer’s candidacy. Trump supporters have begun passing around opposition research on the congressmember, and the pro-Trump “War Room” podcast on Friday afternoon turned into an Emmer bash-fest. During an appearance on the program, top Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn noted that Emmer had yet to endorse Trump in the Republican presidential primary.
“If somebody is so out of step with where the Republican electorate is, where the MAGA movement is, how can they even be in the conversation?” Epshteyn said. “We need a MAGA speaker. That’s what it comes down to. Because if you look at the numbers, if you look at the energy, if you look at the heat, this is the Trump party, this is the MAGA party. It is no longer the old-school khaki establishment Republican Party.”
Steve Bannon, a former Trump White House adviser and the “War Room” host, chimed in to call Emmer a “Trump hater.”
Others close to Trump said Emmer as speaker would open a breach between House Republicans and their likely presidential nominee. Emmer “has no relationship with Trump,” one adviser said.
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I count at least 8 nos that will never budge so this is just psyops.
Emmer is not going to win.
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