Tom Emmer declines House speaker bid sending GOP to first: Live

Former President Donald Trump criticized spokesman Tom Emmer, saying, “He was not a supporter. I mean, he was a RINO.”

There are many states that Mr. Emmer will have to try to win, including some allies of former President Donald Trump. Mr. Meuser said Mr. Emmer has about “10 reservations,” according to Politico.

With only 221 members in a body of 433 — the House has two vacancies — Mr Emmer can only lose four.

“People are locked in, he explains his position,” said Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee. The independent after the vote. “I would hope that he would be able to enter the chamber with only those people who can stand it and that would be the way to go.”

Mr. Burchett was one of eight Republicans who joined with every Democrat to oust Mr. McCarthy, but he voted for Emmer.

“He's the overwhelming voter,” Mr. Burchett said of Mr. Emmer.

Donald Trump expressed his displeasure with the outcome of the latest vote to decide who will be the Republican Party's nominee for Speaker of the House.

As the lunch break neared the end of his New York fraud trial, the former president posted on Truth Social, attacking Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer as a “Globalized RINO.”

Trump wrote: “I have a lot of great friends who want to be Speaker of the House and some are really great Warriors. RINO Tom Emmer, who I don't know well, is not one of them. He never respected the power of a Trump endorsement or the breadth and scope of MAGA—MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”.

He continued: “He fought me all the way and actually spent more time defending Ilhan Omar than me—He's completely out of touch with Republican voters. I think he's learned his lesson now, because he says he's pro-Trump all the way, but who can ever be sure? Has it only changed because that's what it takes to win?'

The former president concluded: “The Republican Party cannot take this opportunity because America's first voters are not there. Voting for a globalized RINO like Tom Emmer would be a tragic mistake!”

The GOP spent hours behind closed doors at a candidate forum Monday night.

Nine candidates were suggested as possible choices – Messrs. Donalds, Johnson, Jack Bergman, Hearn, Dan Meuser, Gary Palmer, Pete Sessions, Austin Scott and Emmer.

Mr Emmer may go to the floor for a vote in the full House later on Tuesday, with his strategy for how to get the necessary support remaining unclear. But allies have said he wants to avoid the disaster that brought down Rep. Jim Jordan by going to the floor only after making sure he has the necessary support, according to Politico.

Majority Leader Steve Scalise, the first nominee since the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, opted not to go to the floor after private conversations revealed he lacked the necessary support.

said spokesman Jim Banks The independent that Mr. Emmer has been “far away” from speaking since Tuesday afternoon. “He has a lot of work to do.”

Asked what his concerns were about Mr Emmer, he said: “I could have voted for any of the others who put themselves on the floor today, but I can't vote for someone who doesn't have a conservative record.”