More Chaos: House Republican Speaker Nominee Rep. Emmer Drops Out of Race

CHAOS.

Majority Whip Tom Emmer won the Republican nominee for Speaker of the House this morning after five rounds of voting.

Emmer only received 117 votes when the Republicans took another vote to gauge how many Republican votes he would get on the House floor.

117.

The winner needs 217 Republican votes to win the Speakership. He can only lose four votes.

Hours later…Emmer drops out.

Emmer also dropped out after President Donald Trump railed against him on social media.

Tags: Donald Trump, House of Representatives, Republicans

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