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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You obviously are not paying attention.
Not so oddly, it's the same type of people who tried to make Bush out to be the Second Coming of George Washington...
It's all so... tiresome.
Yes, thank you.
You are perceiving it that way. Trump rallys are inspiring not because of Trump, but the thought of making America great again is inspiring. The optices of those rallys scare the left, OTH you are supposed to get it. Apparently you didn’t get the memo.
Please don't respond, ok?
I get it. You want to slap an ideal on a figurehead and hope he lives up to your hopes.
I’m not willing to turn a blind eye to issues with ANY candidate. You, apparently, are.
Awww... You have the same ability and yet here you are.
Living rent free in your head. At least the decorating in such an empty space will be better than usual...
Another response. Interesting. Please don’t respond.
Wow, I’ll put you down as an ignorant RINO sympathizer. When are you gong to write your book “Great Moderates in History”?
LOL... There is nothing “moderate” about me when even the most conservative in the GOP is still to my Left.
You’d know that if you weren’t so caught up in “my team right or wrong”...
You first. I didn’t ring your bell to come into this thread. YOU chose to respond to me.
Another response. Back at ya.
You are engaging in nonsensical trolling. Childish.
You are engaging in nonsensical trolling. Childish.
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