Republican Tom Emmer abruptly abandoned his bid to become House speaker Tuesday, withdrawing hours after winning the internal party nomination once it became clear he would not have enough support from GOP colleagues for the gavel.
Emmer, the GOP Whip, reversed course after Donald Trump objected to his nomination and hardliners in the House denied the party leader the votes he would need.
U.S. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer arrives to a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on October 13, 2023 in Washington, D.C. "He wasn’t MAGA," said Trump, the party's front-runner for the 2024 presidential election, referring to his Make America Great Again campaign slogan. Emmer of Minnesota, who is the party's third-ranking Republican as the GOP whip, had jumped out in front during private morning balloting among a hodgepodge list of mostly lesser-known congressmen aspiring to be speaker, a powerful position second in line to the presidency.
"He doesn’t have the support in the room right now," said Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., who had challenged Emmer at the start of the year. "We’ll see where we go from here." With Republicans controlling the House 221-212 over Democrats, any GOP nominee can afford just a few detractors to win the gavel. Those running for speaker were mostly conservatives and election deniers, who either voted against certifying the 2020 presidential election results, when Biden defeated Trump, in the runup to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, or joined a subsequent lawsuit challenging the results.
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