Hoping to end weeks of chaos, House Republicans have chosen Majority Whip Tom Emmer as their speaker-designate. Now comes the hard part: electing him.
  • anon6789@lemmy.world
    20·
    9 months ago

    I think you’re both right. He did a lot to support the Texas vs Pennsylvania lawsuit to remove valid ballots, but he didn’t actually vote to do it. So he supported the overthrow of the election, he just didn’t follow through. How the scales balance after those 2 events, I leave up to you!

    In the aftermath of the 2020 election, Tom Emmer, a leading Republican candidate to be speaker of the House, baselessly said there were “questionable” practices in the 2020 presidential election.

    Later, Emmer signed an amicus brief in support of a last-ditch Texas lawsuit seeking to throw out the results in key swing states.

    Though he would vote to certify the results on January 6, 2021, the comments and actions show Emmer flirted with some of the same election denial rhetoric as far-right members of the Republican caucus.

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          • anon6789@lemmy.world
            7·
            9 months ago

            Pro: At least he is smart enough to have read the room and was one of the few people running for Speaker that could say they didn’t vote for it.

            Neutral: Seems to policy-wise be a split between a Bush and Trump era Republican, so he’s slightly less bad than a full fledged MAGA, but still pretty bleh on most issues. But we all knew it was going to be a Republican, so we knew most of us wouldn’t like whoever it was anyway, but it sadly could have been a number of worse choices.

            Con: As a Pennsylvania introvert who loves mail in voting, screw this guy…