House Republicans chose Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for House speaker, 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 is member of House GOP leadership, a lawyer specializing in constitutional issues who had rallied Republicans around Trump's legal effort to overturn the 2020 election results.
Emmer briskly left the building where he had been meeting privately with Republicans, and hopped into a waiting SUV. He said nothing in response to shouted questions as they drove off from the Capitol complex. They prepared to return behind closed doors, where they spend much of their time, trying to agree on a new leader.
But no sooner did Emmer win the majority vote of his colleagues than his nomination was shot down by a powerful detractor he had tried to win over - Trump, who has long criticized the party's former campaign chief as disloyal. Coming in a steady second in the balloting was Johnson, who directly battled Emmer in the fifth round, picking up 97 votes. He then offered his full support to Emmer, saying, "What we have to do in this room is unite and begin to govern again."
"It's going to be another close race by the time we get to one," said Rep, Kelly Armstrong, R-N.D. "I think it would behoove whoever wins this to stay in the room and figure where they are at and whether they can get there." Some Democrats had eyed Emmer, who had voted to certify the 2020 election results, as a potential partner in governing the House.
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