Kevin Robilllard is a senior political reporter for HuffPost. He previously covered the 2016 elections and transportation policy for Politico. He’s also written for TBD, Newsweek and Congressional Quarterly. He’s a graduate of the University of Maryland, where he was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, The Diamondback.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer is a natural front-runner to be the next speaker-designee for the GOP, though there’s a Donald Trump-shaped obstacle standing in his way.House Majority Whip Tom Emmer is the natural front-runner to be the next man up in the Republicans’ three-week-long search for a new speaker, except for one glaring problem: former President Donald Trump.
With the margin of error in the speakership fight so small — Emmer or another candidate can only lose five Republican votes on the floor — those advantages may prove moot in the face of Trump’s opposition. Trump has yet to play a serious role in the speakership fight. He made little effort to save “my Kevin,” as he called McCarthy, and his endorsement of Jordan for the job did not significantly move the needle for the Ohioan, who was bleeding votes before dropping his bid Friday.. “Whip Emmer worked hand in hand with President Trump to help House Republicans fire Nancy Pelosi and retake the majority,” Casey Nelson said.
Bannon devoted most of the Friday edition of his “War Room” podcast to bashing Emmer. “Tom Emmer, the biggest never-Trumper in the House, a guy who hates Donald Trump,” Bannon declared, while also slamming McCarthy for backing Emmer., tells Steve Bannon that a vote for GOP Majority Whip Tom Emmer as speaker of the House is a vote for Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation of President Trump.
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