The week began with Majority Whip Tom Emmer winning the conference’s nomination as Speaker. The five-term representative from central Minnesota has the conservative bona fides, leadership credentials, affability, and sensibilities members frequently seek in a nominee to become the face of Congress. Emmer also properly voted to certify Joe Biden’s victory on January 6, 2021.
Electing Emmer would have been rational for House Republicans to do, yet when more than 25 of his rogue colleagues indicated they wouldn’t support him on the floor, the conference adjourned to give Emmer time to negotiate.
Enter Donald Trump, who was AWOL when all Democrats and eight GOP nihilists ousted Kevin McCarthy earlier this month, and the party needed him most before another of his endorsements (Jim Jordan) failed.
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