Nine new #GOP #housespeaker candidates
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer,
Republican Conference Vice Chair Mike Johnson,
RSC Chair Kevin Hern (Okla.),
Reps. Byron Donalds (Fla.),
Austin Scott (Ga.), Jack Bergman (Mich.),
Pete Sessions (Texas),
Gary Palmer (Ala.) and
Dan Meuser (Pa.)
The only one above who voted to accept the the 2020 election results is Tom Emmer
The ballot for Speaker is down to Tom Emmer (MN) and Mike Johnson (LA). Johnson is the architect of the House objection to the electoral vote. Quieter than Jim Jordan but just as dangerous
Roll-call vote is over. 26 House Republicans said they would vote for someone else besides Tom Emmer for speaker on the floor
Time to make clown sausage.
And just like that. Emmer lost his chance to be #housespeaker with a Trump SM post that was posted while he was attending the #NYvsTRUMPORG trial
Trump says Rep Tom Emmer (R-MN) us a "RINO... who I do not know well... He never respected the Power of a Trump Endorsement"
Emmer voted to certify the 2020 election results
#politics
called it
#BREAKING — TOM EMMER has dropped out of the race for speaker.
1/138 of a scaramucci for #housespeaker designate Emmer
There will not even be a floor vote, and I fully expect the house to be speakerless until 2025 or some GOP vote for Hakeem Jefferies
How long as the house been without a speaker?
https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/speaker-of-the-house-time-tracker-rcna120179
From Rep. Elise Stefanik (R NY-21)
5:30 PM was the deadline for announced candidates for Speaker. Candidate Forum at 6 PM.
Officially Announced Candidates to the #housespeaker Republican Conference include:
Byron Donalds (FL)
Chuck Fleischmann (TN)
Mark Green (TN)
Kevin Hern (OK)
Mike Johnson (LA)
Roger Williams (TX)
#housepeaker votes
Johnson 85
Donalds 32
Green 23
Williams 21
Fleischmann 10
Other 31
Present 2
Fleischmann out
other will bring this to a screeching halt again
New #GOP #housespeaker designee Mike Johnson (R-LA) with 128 votes. He was committed to overturning Joe Biden's 2020 victory through the independent state legislature theory and the US Supreme Court
44 voted for Other. 43 for McCarthy, 1 for Gym Jordan
"Democracy is messy sometimes, but it is our system. This conference that you see, this House Republican majority is united, is united. I'm honored to have the support of my colleagues."
