Tom Emmer has dropped out of the race to become Speaker of the US House of Representatives, only hours after being nominated
Republican Tom Emmer has dropped out of the race to become Speaker of the US House of Representatives, only hours after being nominated.
He is the third nominee to fail to secure enough support from his own party members to lead the chamber.
Mr Emmer, from Minnesota, emerged as the party’s pick in a series of secret internal ballots earlier on Tuesday.
But more than 20 Republican representatives – and Donald Trump – said that they wouldn’t support him.
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