Posted on 10/24/2023 3:33:17 PM PDT by cotton1706
WASHINGTON – At lunch Tuesday, a majority of Republicans tapped Majority Whip Tom Emmer to be the next speaker of the House. By cocktail hour, Emmer was out.
It had become clear during the three-plus hours Emmer was the nominee that, like the two previous speaker-designees, the Minnesota Republican would get nowhere near the almost-unanimous support of House Republicans he needed to win the speaker’s gavel.
Emmer's departure has opened the door for Rep. Mike Johnson, of Benton, to possibly be elected the fourth speaker-designate since Kevin McCarthy was ousted on Oct. 3. His staff confirms that Johnson is back in the race – this time as the front runner, after he came in a surprisingly strong second to Emmer in secret balloting early Tuesday.
Johnson had no immediate comment on his prospects.
House Republicans were set to hold a candidate forum Tuesday night. At a minimum, Johnson will face Rep. Kevin Hern of Oklahoma, who was one of the also-rans Tuesday morning but said late in the day that he plans to take another swing.
Emmer bested eight of his colleagues early Tuesday to win the title of speaker-designate. But things went south quickly. Punchbowl News and other Capitol Hill sources reported that an internal party tally showed Emmer was 26 Republicans short of the 217 needed to win.
With 221 Republicans in the 435-seat House, Emmer could only afford to lose four GOP votes.
Within hours of his win in the GOP conference, Emmer suffered a setback when former President Donald called him a "RINO" – Republican in Name Only – on social media and said making him speaker would be a "tragic mistake." Emmer had sought Trump's backing.
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It’s call the grace of God and a changed life.
Hold out until Jan 17th I believe, than give them no choice but Jordan, force them to make him speaker.
Agree!!!
This is one way to shut it down.
Another who could be.....the next American Idol.(cheers)
“In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.”
—misattributed to Andy Warhol
true historical fact:
Theodore Medad Pomeroy (December 31, 1824 – March 23, 1905) was an American businessman and politician from New York who served as the 26th speaker of the United States House of Representatives for one day, from March 3, 1869, to March 4, 1869, the shortest American speakership term in history.
Only if we are attacked or something by Iran or some other crisis comes up before we have a Speaker. Everyone has scalps at this point so they need to come together and find a consensus candidate THAT CAN DO THE JOB. I kind of thought that would be Scalise but it didn't happen, probably because of Jordan. And now Jordan has paid the price.
If we don't get someone soon, decide between Scalise and Jordan and move forward already. Put it up for secret vote with just those 2 and agree to let the best man win by majority.
Byron Donalds would look great on a 50 dollar bill!
McCarthy was 6 votes short. No one else comes that close. If they don’t put McCarthy back in soon then I suspect some in the gop will make a deal with the Dems.
That YOU know of!
Who in their right mind would want it? You just get eaten alive.
Why are you and one other Freers so anxious to not allow a teenager to have turned his life around?
54%
Click on the blue link (name) under the photo.
That’s the bills he has voted on.
https://libertyscore.conservativereview.com/
Except the Republican voting base isn’t “moderate.” The Demonrats would never, conversely, elect someone with a 26% “Conservative” rating (well, partly because there isn’t anyone left with that rating). They demand and get a doctrinaire leftist. Why can’t we get an actual Conservative instead of yet another mediocrity ?
“Who in their right mind would want it?”
It’s a powerful position. You get a painting and everything!
“Why can’t we get an actual Conservative instead of yet another mediocrity ?”
Basically because of the skin margin.
Johnson sounds DOA …
skin margin should be slim margin haha
Thanks. Seems there a lack of grace and forgiveness when it’s needed.
Then I’d rather just adjourn the session and run out the clock until January 2025. Better than electing another RINO Derp State puppet or outright Demonrat as Speaker.
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