(Washington, D.C.) — Minnesota 6th District Congressman Tom Emmer has jumped into the increasingly crowded race for U-S House speaker after Jim Jordan’s failed bid.
Carleton College political analyst Steven Schier says as majority whip, Emmer is well-known and well-positioned, but also closely associated with deposed speaker Kevin McCarthy — and besides that… “He is the highest-ranking Republican in the House to vote to certify the election of Joe Biden in 2020, and of course, some of the strong pro-Trump representatives will not be very happy about that.”