It's Day 20 with no House speaker, and lower-level names seek Trump's support and race for the gavel
Republicans gathered late in the evening to hear quick speeches from the congressmen seeking the job, though none has a clear shot at the gavel. Eight candidates are in the running for one speaker after one dropped out. Behind closed doors, they made their elevator pitches to colleagues ahead of internal party voting.
Senior-most among the hopefuls is Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota, but neither he or the other lower-level Republican lawmakers are expected to quickly secure a majority. Instead he and others are reaching out to Donald Trump for backing ahead of elections to choose a nominee. One, Rep. Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania, dropped out.
“They all called asking for support,” said Trump, the Republican front-runner in the 2024 presidential race, who was in New Hampshire registering for the state’s primary ballot.
Ah yes, I definitely had "Republican party needs to call Trump to help decide who needs to be the leader of their constituency so they can govern" on my 2023 bingo card.
Man, this is just a never-ending disaster for the conservate wing, but they totally deserve it for pointing at the far-left Congresspeople and saying how not united the Democrats are.
In a more reasonable government this would be at least a 4 party system, but no chance ever of that with FPTP.
We would just be happy these boot lickers found such an inept boot to lick. There's no policy proposals or points of leadership they can emulate to gain trump support because he's devoid of policy or leadership.
Tom Emmer was my congressman for many years. He only wins because the district is gerrymandered. He is a regressive fuckwad who is a Trump Sycophant. Plz dear God do not let him become Speaker.