Who is Tom Emmer, the Minnesota conservative who withdrew from the House speaker race hours after being named?
On 24 October 2023, Emmer withdrew from the race for Speaker of the House just hours after being nominated by his party. Emmer said he withdrew from the race because he did not fully accept that he had the support of the entire Conservative faction. Likewise, he said he would rather not be an interruption to the party's bid to regain control of the House in the 2024 race. Emmer's withdrawal from the speech race is a sign of deep divisions within the Conservative faction. The extreme traditional party is gradually demanding ...