House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, his party’s speaker-designate, was already facing some two dozen potential GOP defections on the floor when the chamber convenes to start voting in the formal speaker election.
Then former President Donald Trump, after largely keeping his powder dry, weighed in against the Minnesota Republican, blasting Emmer as a “Globalist RINO” in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.
Emmer, who defeated Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson in a 117-97, secret-ballot vote in the House GOP conference earlier Tuesday, was ready to go to the floor as soon as Tuesday afternoon.
