Opinion: Why Democrats shouldn't help the House GOP elect a speaker
1 year, 2 months ago

Opinion: Why Democrats shouldn't help the House GOP elect a speaker

LA Times  

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer emerged as Republicans’ latest nominee for speaker, then as its latest dropout, unable to get to 217 votes. It’s not worth debating the daily drivel from former Speaker Kevin McCarthy that his sacking three weeks ago, and Republicans’ failure to unite behind a successor, is Democrats’ fault — that Democrats, by voting with a minority of Republicans first against McCarthy and then against seditionist Rep. Jim Jordan, are to blame for the House’s ongoing paralysis. Two days before the Republican motion to unseat him, McCarthy enraged Democrats by falsely claiming on CBS’ “Face the Nation” that they’d tried to block his stopgap government-funding compromise that averted a federal shutdown. In fact, Democrats had merely sought a few hours to read the bill — justifiably not trusting McCarthy’s description of it — and then provided more votes than Republicans did to pass the measure.

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GOP lawmaker threatens to go nuclear if 'anarchist' MTG's bid to oust Johnson succeeds
8 months, 1 week ago

GOP lawmaker threatens to go nuclear if 'anarchist' MTG's bid to oust Johnson succeeds

Raw Story  

Republicans in the House of Representatives have long expressed frustration with the antics of lawmakers such as Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene, but have rarely done something concrete to stop them. However, an anonymous House Republican tells Axios' Juliegrace Brufke that they may at last reach their breaking point should Greene's bid to oust Speaker Mike Johnson succeed. …

Kevin McCarthy hints revenge against House Republican who helped oust him
1 year, 1 month ago

Kevin McCarthy hints revenge against House Republican who helped oust him

Raw Story  

Rep. Kevin McCarthy in an interview with Politico released Friday hinted at the possibility of enacting vengeance on a GOP tormenter who helped end his tenure as House speaker. McCarthy replied with sarcasm when Politico asked about news that Virginia state Sen. John McGuire, a former Navy SEAL, might run against Rep. Bob Good, one of eight Republicans who voted …

Trump-backed Mike Johnson elected House speaker after 22 days - live
1 year, 1 month ago

Trump-backed Mike Johnson elected House speaker after 22 days - live

The Independent  

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Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker after Emmer's withdrawal, desperate to end chaos
1 year, 2 months ago

Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker after Emmer's withdrawal, desperate to end chaos

The Hindu  

Republicans chose Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for House speaker late Tuesday, hours after an earlier pick, Rep. Tom Emmer, abruptly withdrew in the face of opposition from Donald Trump and hardline GOP lawmakers. “Maybe on the fourth or fifth or sixth or 10th try we’ll get this thing right.” After he withdrew Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Emmer briskly …

Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana becomes fourth GOP nominee for House-Speaker role
1 year, 2 months ago

Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana becomes fourth GOP nominee for House-Speaker role

Hindustan Times  

Republicans chose Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for House speaker late Tuesday, hours after an earlier pick, Rep. Tom Emmer, abruptly withdrew in the face of opposition from Donald Trump and hardline GOP lawmakers. Rep. Mike Johnson becomes the fourth Republican nominee for House speaker after Rep. Tom Emmer withdraws. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Johnson of Louisiana, a lower-ranked member …

House GOP chooses a fourth speaker nominee in effort to break chaos
1 year, 2 months ago

House GOP chooses a fourth speaker nominee in effort to break chaos

Raw Story  

House Republicans took a vote to have Rep. Mike Johnson become the next speaker of the House of Representatives after multiple candidates tried and failed to secure the job. Johnson, who serves as vice chair of the House Republican Conference, was showered with praise by the president of the conference Rep. Elise Stefanik. The specter of formally filling the vacancy …

Republicans nominate Mike Johnson as latest US House Speaker candidate
1 year, 2 months ago

Republicans nominate Mike Johnson as latest US House Speaker candidate

Al Jazeera  

Johnson, from Louisiana, is the fourth hopeful for the job that fell vacant after right wing Republicans removed Kevin McCarthy. Republicans in the United States have nominated Mike Johnson as the next Speaker of the House of Representatives, hours after their previous choice withdrew amid party infighting that has paralysed political decision-making in the country for more than three weeks. …

News Analysis: The House Republican civil war shows Trump’s power — and its limits
1 year, 2 months ago

News Analysis: The House Republican civil war shows Trump’s power — and its limits

LA Times  

Former President Trump, seen Monday at a campaign rally in Derry, N.H., posted on social media that he opposed House Republicans’ nomination of Majority Whip Tom Emmer to be House speaker. Tom Emmer, who I do not know well, is not one of them.” The former president added that Emmer had “never respected the Power of a Trump Endorsement, or …

Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker after Emmer’s withdrawal, desperate to end chaos
1 year, 2 months ago

Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker after Emmer’s withdrawal, desperate to end chaos

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Republicans chose Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for House speaker late Tuesday, hours after an earlier pick, Rep. Tom Emmer, abruptly withdrew in the face of opposition from Donald Trump and hardline GOP lawmakers. Johnson of Louisiana, a lower-ranked member of the House GOP leadership team, becomes the fourth Republican nominee after Emmer and the others …

US Republicans pick Tom Emmer as latest nominee for House speaker
1 year, 2 months ago

US Republicans pick Tom Emmer as latest nominee for House speaker

Al Jazeera  

It is unclear if the Minnesota congressman, the number three Republican in the chamber, can secure the needed votes. Republicans in the United States House of Representatives have selected Tom Emmer as their latest nominee for speaker but ran headlong into the same internal divisions that have paralysed the leaderless chamber for three weeks. Emmer, who serves as the number …

Bannon: MAGA 'decapitated' GOP leadership if it can 'take out' speaker hopeful Tom Emmer
1 year, 2 months ago

Bannon: MAGA 'decapitated' GOP leadership if it can 'take out' speaker hopeful Tom Emmer

Raw Story  

Right-wing podcaster Steve Bannon lashed out at former President Donald Trump on Monday because he had not done more to undermine Rep. Tom Emmer's bid for House Speaker. Media Matters first reported that Bannon had called for his MAGA audience to "take out" Emmer. Bannon also warned his audience that former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy might make a play for …

'Openly hostile to Trump': MAGA allies scramble to torpedo GOP speaker hopeful
1 year, 2 months ago

'Openly hostile to Trump': MAGA allies scramble to torpedo GOP speaker hopeful

Raw Story  

House Republicans this week are still trying to find a speaker and Politico's Playbook reports that allies of former President Donald Trump are trying to torpedo a prospective candidate's bid before it even gets off the ground. Although Rep. Tom Emmer appears to have significant support within the House Republican conference, some MAGA Republicans are claiming that he would be …

Jordan out of speaker race; as new candidates line up, GOP ‘in a very bad position,’ McCarthy warns
1 year, 2 months ago

Jordan out of speaker race; as new candidates line up, GOP ‘in a very bad position,’ McCarthy warns

LA Times  

Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan ended his campaign for speaker Friday after he failed for the third time to secure a majority on the House floor and his Republican colleagues voted, by secret ballot, that he should not press on. Both Jordan, the chair of the powerful House Judiciary Committee and former President Trump’s pick for speaker, and Louisiana Rep. Steve …

Who could replace Kevin McCarthy as the next US House speaker?
1 year, 2 months ago

Who could replace Kevin McCarthy as the next US House speaker?

Al Jazeera  

Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan from the Republican Party have already declared their candidacy for the role. The United States House of Representatives has removed its speaker for the first time in the body’s 234-year history, and Republicans are already raising their hands to take over the role. Tom Emmer: He is the House Republican whip and headed the House …

How the far right could remove McCarthy and why his fate could be in Democrats' hands
1 year, 2 months ago

How the far right could remove McCarthy and why his fate could be in Democrats' hands

NPR  

How the far right could remove McCarthy and why his fate could be in Democrats' hands Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz has been threatening for weeks to start the procedural motions to try to remove Kevin McCarthy from the speakership. Gaetz, or any combination of McCarthy detractors, could at …

Hockey brawls to debt limit: Emmer wrangles House GOP votes
1 year, 11 months ago

Hockey brawls to debt limit: Emmer wrangles House GOP votes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The way Republican Rep. Tom Emmer tells it, the lousiest job he ever had — he has a saltier way of describing it — was running the House Republican campaign committee. “If you don’t let them express that, you are never going to succeed.” Emmer told the story of a fabled hockey coach who would let players fight …

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