Posted on 10/24/2023 9:08:05 AM PDT by cotton1706
closed doors Tuesday to cast secret ballots until one candidate gets a majority.
The candidate with the fewest votes will be eliminated after each round. As of Tuesday morning, four Republicans are still in the running for speaker after the historic removal of Kevin McCarthy earlier this month.
The chaotic battle for the gavel has dragged on after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise was nominated, but backed out when it became clear he didn't have the votes. Last week, the conference dropped Jordan as their nominee after his speakership bid failed for a third time on the House floor.
Latest Developments Oct 24, 11:31 AM 3rd round results: Scott is out, speaker race down to 4 Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia was eliminated from the race during the third ballot.
Majority Whip Tom Emmer is inching closer to getting support from majority of the conference. There are 219 Republicans voting, so 110 votes would lock down the nomination on a secret ballot.
Results, per members:
Tom Emmer - 100
Mike Johnson - 43
Byron Donalds - 32
Kevin Hern - 26
Austin Scott - 12
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You CAN’T SAVE THIS COUNTRY by VOTING for people that want to RUIN IT!
Emmer is the actual RINO, establishment hack all the Matt Gaetz groupies claimed McCarthy was.
Another old white male warmongering Democrat. The Democrats will probably help him win the votes
Never take these Matt Gaetz groupies seriously again
“In every way imaginable, Emmer compares disastrously to Kevin McCarthy”
You realize of course that that’s intentional, so that thoughts go along the lines of “he we better keep this shitty speaker or we’ll get somebody worse”
They created an intentionally bad line of succession. McCarthy has been ousted, Scalise was rejected, their backup McHenry was rejected. Now we have Emmer.
We’ll see if he’s rejected too.
JUST IN: House GOP selects Rep. Tom Emmer as new speaker nominee
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The swamp gets its man. Lots of drama for the same ol’ same ol’. I figure he gets in unless Trump blasts the hell out of him and the rest do a full-court press. The Libs will also vote for him, knowing he’s a war hawk.
Blockchain and crypto related developments are gaining momentum in the U.S. as Congressman Tom Emmer has recently announced that he will be introducing three groundbreaking bills in order to pave a clean way for the emerging and disruptive technologies.
I agree.
The danger is that the Dems will see that this is as close as they are going to get to having an actual Democrat Speaker and they will push him over the top.
That’s good! Freeper award of the day
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