{"id":2078826,"date":"2023-10-25T09:49:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T13:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-select-another-speaker-nominee-after-emmer-dropout\/"},"modified":"2023-10-25T09:52:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T13:52:54","slug":"house-republicans-select-another-speaker-nominee-after-emmer-dropout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-select-another-speaker-nominee-after-emmer-dropout\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans choose new Speaker nominee following Emmer&#8217;s withdrawal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-republicans-select-another-speaker-nominee-after-emmer-dropout%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2078826&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Republican Rep. Mike Johnson Nominated for \u200dSpeaker of the House<\/h2>\n<p>Republican\u200d Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana was nominated to become speaker of the House on Tuesday night,\u2063 with no apparent opposition.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-trump-turns-tables-hillary-drops-campaign-ad-depicting-brainwashing-people-vote-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> gave House Republicans a\u200b nudge to \u200cback Johnson, which would end the three weeks in which the House has been\u200d without a speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday began with Republican Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rino-tom-emmer-drops-speaker-race-hours-winning-gop-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Emmer<\/a> of \u2064Minnesota winning the nomination. Emmer dropped out after it was \u200dclear he lacked enough GOP support to\u200b win \u2062a \u200cHouse \u200dfloor vote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">GOP speaker nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMikeJohnson?\">@RepMikeJohnson<\/a>: \u201cDemocracy \u2064is messy sometimes, but it is our \u200dsystem. This conference\u200c that you see, this House Republican majority, is united.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YBuG2esWd4\">pic.twitter.com\/YBuG2esWd4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1717013130419548411?\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cDemocracy is messy sometimes, but it is our\u200d system,\u201d Johnson said after the\u200c vote, according to a \u2063video clip\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1717013130419548411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Indicating the members behind him, he added, \u201cThis House \u200bRepublican majority is united.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is servant leadership,\u201d Johnson\u200b said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re \u2063going to serve the people of this country. We\u2019re going to restore their faith in this Congress, this institution of government. America is the last best hope of man on the earth,\u201d Johnson said, adding, \u201cWe\u2019re going to restore \u2062your trust in what we do here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis group here is ready to govern, and we are going to govern well,\u201d he \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world \u200cis on \u2062fire. We stand with our ally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/idf-getting-restless-biden-appears-hamper-israels-war-efforts-6000-miles-away-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel<\/a>,\u201d Johnson said, \u2062drawing applause and \u200ccheers from the Republican House members gathered behind him. \u201cWe \u200chave a very busy agenda. We have appropriations bills to get through the process.\u200d But you are going to see this group working like a well-oiled machine. We owe \u2063that to the\u200c American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the tumult of the day, Johnson said as he finished his \u200dcomments, \u201cWe\u2019re all pretty weary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-issues-forceful-statement-new-speaker-nominee-tom-emmer-tragic-mistake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a>, who the\u2062 day before had voiced his objections to Emmer, weighed in on the latest bit of drama Wednesday morning in a post on his <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/111295424273340966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Truth \u200bSocial<\/a> platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to Congressional Republicans! Yesterday was a big and very important day. It gave us a quick and easy way forward with 5 candidates who are beyond reproach, and represent the absolute best there \u200bis in the Republican Party,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven the Fake News\u200c Media is impressed with what took place yesterday and, more importantly, with the Candidates themselves. Congratulations to Reps. Byron Donalds (Florida), \u2062Charles J. \u201cChuck\u201d Fleischmann (Tennessee), \u200dMark\u2062 Green (Tennessee), &#038; \u200cRoger Williams (Texas), &#038; \u200bthe ultimate winner of yesterday\u2019s vote, by a significant margin,\u2062 Mike Johnson (Louisiana).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not going \u200cto make an Endorsement\u2063 in this race, because I \u200bCOULD NEVER GO AGAINST ANY\u2064 OF THESE FINE AND VERY TALENTED MEN, all of whom have supported me, in both mind and spirit, from the very beginning \u200bof our GREAT 2016 \u2062Victory. In 2024, we will\u200b have an even bigger, &#038; more important, WIN!\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy strong SUGGESTION is to go\u2063 with the leading candidate, Mike Johnson, &#038; GET IT DONE, FAST! LOVE, DJT.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-msnbc-reporter-cant-help-laugh-matt-gaetzs-bud-light-joke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Gaetz<\/a> of Florida, who helped \u200cbring down former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, also appeared to be on board, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4273648-mike-johnson-wins-fourth-speaker-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The \u2064Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe adore him, and \u200bI think he\u2019s gonna do a great job for the country and for the right reasons. Mike Johnson has\u200d not bought\u200d and paid for. Mike Johnson does what is right,\u201d Gaetz \u2064said.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson is currently the\u2062 House majority\u2019s vice chairman\u200c and \u2064is a past chairman of the conservative Republican\u200c Study Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson won the nomination with 128 votes to 29 for Republican Rep. \u2063Byron Donalds of Florida in a vote in \u200cwhich \u206243 legislators voted \u200cfor McCarthy, The Hill was told by \u2064a source it \u200ddid not name.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u2063 roll\u200d call vote with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-secures-gop-speaker-nomination-but-still-needs-to-shore-up-more-votes\/\" title=\"Jordan secures GOP Speaker nomination, but requires additional votes.\">dozen members absent<\/a>, no one opposed Johnson, although Republican Reps. French Hill of Arkansas, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Mark Amodei of\u200c Nevada voted \u201cpresent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The math leaves\u2062 Johnson short of the 217 votes needed to win \u200ba floor vote, but Johnson said one would take \u200bplace\u200d Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>A Note from Our Founder:<\/h3>\n<p>Every \u200bmorning, we at The Western \u200cJournal wake up\u2064 and pursue our mission \u2063of giving you the important information you need about what\u2019s\u200c happening in America.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>We can\u2019t do that without your help<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>America has been on the receiving\u2062 end of \u2063false narratives. The purpose\u200b of these false narratives is to make \u2063you feel powerless. The Western \u2062Journal empowers you by\u200c breaking these false narratives.<\/p>\n<p>But I wouldn\u2019t be honest with you today if I didn\u2019t let you know that the future of The Western Journal is \u200cin jeopardy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">without your help<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Silicon Valley and the\u2062 Big Tech tyrants have\u2063 done everything they can to put \u2062The Western Journal out of business. Our faithful\u2063 donors and subscribers have kept us going.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve never chosen to donate, let me be honest:\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We need your help \u200btoday<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please\u2062 don\u2019t wait \u200cone minute. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Donate right now<\/span><\/a>  \u2013\u2063 our situation in America is dire. Our country hangs by a thread, and The \u2062Western Journal stands for \u200dtruth in this difficult \u2062time.<\/p>\n<p><b>Please stand with us by donating today.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Floyd G. Brown<br \/>\nFounder of The Western \u2063Journal<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-republicans-select-another-speaker-nominee-emmer-dropout\/\">House Republicans Select Another Speaker Nominee After\u200d Emmer Dropout<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How significant is Donald Trump&#8217;s endorsement in the nomination process\u200d for Speaker of\u2064 the House?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  G in your world. We understand the vital role a\u2062 free and\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-select-another-speaker-nominee-after-emmer-dropout\/\" title=\"House Republicans choose new Speaker nominee following Emmer's withdrawal.\">independent press plays<\/a> in fostering a well-informed society. That&#8217;s \u2064why \u2062we seek\u2064 to provide accurate, objective, and \u2063reliable news to our\u200c readers.<\/p>\n<p>In line with this commitment, we are pleased to report on the nomination of Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana for the position of Speaker of the House. \u2064On Tuesday night, Johnson\u2064 was nominated without any apparent\u2064 opposition, signaling a \u2064unified front within the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump showed his support for Johnson on Wednesday, urging\u2062 House Republicans to back him and bring an end to the three-week-long period without a speaker. Trump&#8217;s endorsement\u2064 carries weight within the party and is expected to solidify Johnson&#8217;s standing.<\/p>\n<p>The nomination process began on Tuesday \u200cwith Republican Rep. Tom\u2062 Emmer of Minnesota winning the\u2063 initial nomination. However, Emmer dropped out \u2062of \u2064the race when it\u2062 became evident that he \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-reportedly-set-date-for-first-biden-impeachment-inquiry-hearing\/\" title=\"House Republicans have scheduled the first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing.\">lacked sufficient support<\/a> from fellow GOP members to\u200b secure a victory in a House floor vote.<\/p>\n<p>After the nomination, Johnson shared his thoughts on the \u200bdemocratic process. He\u200d emphasized that while democracy can be messy at times, \u200cit remains<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Johnson of Louisiana being nominated for House speaker with no opposition. 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