24 OCTOBER 2023
The faction of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives, following the results of five rounds of voting on Tuesday, has chosen Tom Emmer, a native of Minnesota, as a new candidate for Speaker of the House.
Source: European Pravda
Details: Emmer has led consistently throughout the voting rounds, edging out Louisiana’s Mike Johnson in the final round.
A total of nine candidates took part in the voting.
Tom Emmer, 62, holds the faction’s third most powerful post of “whip”, responsible for party discipline during voting in the House of Representatives. Before being elected to Congress in 2015, he chaired the National Republican Congressional Committee, which helps congressmen in their election campaigns.
Emmer is considered a mainstream Republican close to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. He also voted to approve the results of the 2020 US presidential election, which Donald Trump and Trumpists themselves reject.
The Republicans for Ukraine organisation rated Emmer’s support for Kyiv with a maximum positive score of A. He voted for all Congressional initiatives to support Ukraine and against the reduction of this support.
Last week, the Republican members of the US House of Representatives voted by secret ballot to remove the candidacy of far-right Trumpist Jim Jordan, who was running for the post of speaker, because he could not garner enough support, instead losing votes with each new round.
On 3 October, Kevin McCarthy resigned as Speaker of the House of Representatives. This happened under pressure from the far-right wing of his Republican Party, where McCarthy was accused of working with Democrats and a “secret deal” to help Ukraine.
The US House of Representatives cannot pass new laws, including aid to Ukraine until a new speaker is elected. The US interim federal budget is only due through mid-November, so Congress needs to address this issue to avoid a shutdown.
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https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/10/24/7425565/
One word; hooray!
Tom Emmer dropped out of the presidential race under pressure from Trumpists.
But damn, is the USA going to wake up and understand that the mafia is threatening them?
“House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) said the latest House speaker candidates are: Rep. Byron Donalds (Fla.); Charles J. “Chuck” Fleischmann (Tenn.); Mark Green (Tenn.); Kevin Hern (Okla.); Mike Johnson (La.); and Roger Williams (Tex.)
Donalds and Hern ran for speaker earlier today, in a matchup that was won by Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), who dropped out four hours later in the face of holdouts from within the conference.”
So the losers must be the winners? Those who refuse the results of the votes continue their blackmail. They won’t stop until they destroy everything.
The crazies want a fellow crazy, and the sane ones don’t want to reward the crazies. Mostly rated “F Very Poor” on Ukraine. Fleischmann is “A Excellent”, and Green is “B Okay”. But all of them voted to overturn election results on Jan. 6.
“They won’t stop until they destroy everything.”
That’s their goal. Hopefully at some point the sane ones will come to understand that the only way to get to 217 is to work with Democrats.
Incorrect
Mike Johnson was voted House Speaker
Unfortunately, with this moron, America will not be great again.
How so?
It is the 1st time, I’m hearing, a Speaker has 100% of the vote since 2011
You mean 100% from the Republicans. They probably made a deal to finally end this circus.
Correct.
Getting back to work, was needed