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The drama continued yesterday as House Republicans nominated House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) for Speaker in a secret ballot during a closed-door election. Wine glasses were thrown (I assume) and Emmer dropped out. Former President Trump shared his displeasure, along with criticism from the House Freedom Caucus.
On Truth Social, former President Trump wrote, āI have many wonderful friends wanting to be Speaker of the House, and some are truly great Warriors. RINO Tom Emmer, who I do not know well, is not one of them.ā
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said, āI think they're gonna have to bring alcohol in there to solve this. There's some angry drunks that can fight it out. There some friendly drunks like me ā¦ but I don't see this happening without alcohol.ā
Finally, late last night, House Republicans nominated GOP Conference Vice Chair Mike Johnson (R-LA). Fox News reported that āHouse GOP lawmakers insisted that their conference is finally on the same page and ready to unite under Johnsonās leadership ā teeing up a House-wide vote Wednesday just after noon.ā
The Hill reported:
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.), the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, was optimistic leaving Tuesday nightās internal Speaker election, telling reporters āI think weāre gonna have a Speakerā after the conference nominated Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) for the top spot.
āIf youāre going to change the status quote here, youāre gonna have to shatter the current power establishment, which is what youāre seeing right now,ā Perry said. āItās been a long journey that started in January, and some hiccups along the way, none of us take any of this personally, weāre not mad at anybody or anything like that.ā
āThis town doesnāt work for the American people and hasnāt for a long time. Weāre on this journey right now to change that, and this is the next step in that journey,ā he added.
I canāt wait to see what happens on the next episode š·
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