UPDATE (10/24/2023 2:42 PM Central): Former President Donald Trump is calling Republican representatives to not vote for Tom Emmer for the speakership, with Trump calling Emmer a ‘RINO’ or ‘Republican-in-name-only.’
UPDATE (10/24/2023 11:59 PM Central): Rep Dan Meuser (R-PA) said that there are still around 10 votes [now 26 GOP votes against Tom Emmer according to Rep Brandon Williams (R-NY) as of 10/24/2023 12:10 PM Central] against Rep Tom Emmer (R-MN) in the Republican conference.* It is unclear how long it will take to finally find someone that can get 217 votes.
UPDATE (10/24/2023 11:30 AM Central): The House GOP have just now selected Rep Tom Emmer (R-MN) to be their Speaker nominee.
GOP Speaker Nomination Round 5 Vote Count:
Rep Tom Emmer (R-NC) – 117
Rep Mike Johnson (R-LA) – 97
Others – 5
Present – 1
The House Republican conference is meeting today to try and figure out a Speaker nomination that can get 217 votes before they go onto the House floor for another Speaker vote again.
As of time of writing, the House Republicans are on their fifth round of voting for a Speaker nomination. They eliminated Rep Kevin Hern (R-OK) and Rep Byron Donalds (R-FL) after the fourth round.
There are only two candidates left: Rep Tom Emmer (R-MN), and Rep Mike Johnson (R-LA). Tom Emmer seems to be the frontrunner in this race for the nomination.
We will have to see what happens. Follow us on Twitter/X @WiscAdvance to stay up to date on what’s happening.
Footnote: *Source of Update 10/24/2023 11:59 PM Central: CNN, https://tinyurl.com/2p9c9u4t Article wrote by Alex (@enbyalex9 on Twitter/X), on October 24, 2023. Copyright The Wisconsin Advance
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