Speaker of the House is Vacated - What Next?
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Seeing that a Democrat has come in first for Speaker on every recent floor vote. Sure, why not.
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JUST IN: House GOP selects Rep. Tom Emmer as new speaker nominee
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-speaker-vote-10-24-23/index.html
Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota has emerged as the House Republicans' latest speaker nominee after GOP members conducted a multi-round secret ballot voting session Tuesday morning, according to Rep. Elise Stefanik.
Emmer defeated a panel of seven other fellow Republicans to earn the nomination. However, it remains to be seen if he'll have the necessary votes on the House floor to get the gavel.
Who is Tom Emmer? Emmer, the House majority whip, said in a letter to his colleagues shared on Saturday that he was seeking the speakership with the goal of delivering “historic change.” Kevin McCarthy backed the Minnesota Republican for speaker, which delivered an early boost for his candidacy.
Emmer, who voted to certify the 2020 election in a rebuke to former President Donald Trump, could face resistance from some members of the House Freedom Caucus skeptical of the current GOP leadership team and as Trump’s allies have attacked him.
The former National Republican Congressional Committee chairman was first elected to Congress in 2014 and became majority whip earlier this year. Emmer, who lost a race for Minnesota governor in 2010, was a state representative from 2004 to 2008. He sits on the Financial Services Committee.
Here's what we expect to happen next: There is no time or date scheduled for a floor vote as of yet. That will be determined by the Speaker-designee.
JUST IN: House GOP selects Rep. Tom Emmer as new speaker nominee
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-speaker-vote-10-24-23/index.html
Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota has emerged as the House Republicans' latest speaker nominee after GOP members conducted a multi-round secret ballot voting session Tuesday morning, according to Rep. Elise Stefanik.
Emmer defeated a panel of seven other fellow Republicans to earn the nomination. However, it remains to be seen if he'll have the necessary votes on the House floor to get the gavel.
Who is Tom Emmer? Emmer, the House majority whip, said in a letter to his colleagues shared on Saturday that he was seeking the speakership with the goal of delivering “historic change.” Kevin McCarthy backed the Minnesota Republican for speaker, which delivered an early boost for his candidacy.
Emmer, who voted to certify the 2020 election in a rebuke to former President Donald Trump, could face resistance from some members of the House Freedom Caucus skeptical of the current GOP leadership team and as Trump’s allies have attacked him.
The former National Republican Congressional Committee chairman was first elected to Congress in 2014 and became majority whip earlier this year. Emmer, who lost a race for Minnesota governor in 2010, was a state representative from 2004 to 2008. He sits on the Financial Services Committee.
Here's what we expect to happen next: There is no time or date scheduled for a floor vote as of yet. That will be determined by the Speaker-designee.
The not so secret weapon of the right-wing is being used against them. Turns out intimidation and threats of violence are only fun to make; not receive. This is the MAGA monster you created GOP. Enjoy it while it eats your party.
Facing death threats, some House Republicans are meeting the MAGA monster they created
Some Republicans are finally getting a close look at the MAGA folks they've been pandering to and their response is: 'Yikes, these people are scary. I don't want to support this!'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...n-threats-trump-maga-republicans/71247118007/
Facing death threats, some House Republicans are meeting the MAGA monster they created
Some Republicans are finally getting a close look at the MAGA folks they've been pandering to and their response is: 'Yikes, these people are scary. I don't want to support this!'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...n-threats-trump-maga-republicans/71247118007/
I am sure a good percent of these threats are from leftist Democrats....typical dirty tricks
Can you cite a single example of a threat about the Speaker vote which came from a leftist Democrat? Yeah... we know the answer is No.
RINOs will never support anyone with strong connections to President Donald Trump. That is why they ambushed Congressman Jim Jordan by having secret balloting? See, even these cowards are afraid of showing their faces and what they stand for? That is why they have to keep the votes secret. That is why I will never vote for a RINO. An R beside your name means squat. A lot of these RINOs are actually, Democrats in sheeps clothing. They are in fact Democrat wolves. Anyone remember Lincoln Chafee, Arlen Specter, Charlie Crist? That is the reason the Republicans never get anything done given the chance. They will move their lips and make empty promises but, do nothing when back in power. Kevin McCarthy too, for all his promises to reign in excessive spending by Joe Biden, he supports 100,000% the blank check policy on Ukraine along with fellow RINOs Lindsey Grahamnesty and Mitch McConnell. Nothing like endless wars to fund their campaign chests.
Can you prove they are all coming from the right