I have a feeling that if Emmer gets to a floor vote, Democrats will put him over the top

[Stinky The Clown]

He's probably the best we can hope for.

[mahina]

1. I'd rather the Republicans got it done

But somebody has to. I think Hakeem Jeffries just got this under control, and I trust his judgment more than I trust our state’s “centrist” Ed Case.

[Windicator]

2. "Nooooooooo!" - Grand Imperial Republican Liar

"Emmer told the truth. He failed to support The Big Lie. He's a RINO. Vote him down."

- Grand Imperial Republican Liar

[yankee87]

3. Don't agree

I see where you are, but why not wait and see if we can flip some to vote D.

[BootinUp]

4. I don't think Dems should be too quick

to rescue the House GOP. I am hoping we at least get some rules changed. Let the country see what a clusterfuck the puke party is.

[boston bean]

13. Dems will just vote no. The leverage will be gone.

[Renew Deal]

5. A whole bunch of people voting Present

Politically it helps Emmer if Dems don't vote for him.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. This may not matter if Emmer is already elected as speaker

Emmer will know that the Freedom Caucus will be gunning for him and will need to work with Democrats to defeat a motion to remove

[patricia92243]

10. I don't know the rules well enough. How would that help Emmer???

[NutmegYankee]

11. It would reduce the margin to win a majority.

You only need to win a majority of votes for a person.

[patricia92243]

12. Did not understand that! Thanks for the reply.

[Walleye]

19. Isn't the winner of plurality likely to be Jeffries?

[NutmegYankee]

21. Has to be a majority of votes for a person.

Currently 433 seats are filled, so 217 is the magic number. If 10 Republicans voted present, it would be 423, and 212 would win the day. But that doesn't allow for a single Democrat to vote Present. Odds of 10 Repubs voting present are basically nil. But if Dems can strike a deal, they could allow a Repub to win and also deny they voted for him.

[Walleye]

22. They were bouncing around the idea of changing the rules to make it as simple plurality to win the speaker ship.Doubt it

[NutmegYankee]

23. It's been done twice in history, but was also ratified in both instances by a majority vote.

Doubt the latter part would happen this time.

[Walleye]

25. Agree.

[getagrip_already]

29. It requires a majority of those voting to be elected speaker

And voting present is not counted as a vote. So it reduces the count of those voting by 1 for every member who does it, thus reducing the number of votes someone needs to be elected.

[NutmegYankee]

30. which is what I said, though in half the words.

[getagrip_already]

32. Its the half you left out that made it confusing....

Just sayin....

[patricia92243]

6. I think that too. The question is do they still have that rule that one person can vote

that person off - like they did McCarthy. (Or whatever the procedure is.) If that is still the case, they will just turn around and kick Emmer out.

[getagrip_already]

33. The rules still stand....

They can't vote on a new rules package until they have a new speaker.

Then it's a torturous path mid term I believe to enact new rules. It has to go through committe, debate, full house vote, etc.

But if Emmer is elected speaker, presumably whatever majority elects him will defeat a motion to remove him.

[AkFemDem]

7. My suspicion is

They will have a certain number not vote, which then lowers the bar on how many republicans Emmer would need to pass. I don't see any democrats openly voting for him though.

[dalton99a]

9. Hope his family doesn't get death threats from the cult

[asiliveandbreathe]

14. GOP Speaker Candidate Tom Emmer Opposed Cancer Treatment Clinics as a Lobbyist in 2011

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/gop-speaker-candidate-tom-emmer-opposed-cancer-treatment-clinics-as-a-lobbyist-in-2011

Emmer’s lobbying job was to prevent more cancer clinics from opening in the state, which would help existing cancer treatment groups to have less competition. This means fighting for less treatment options for the people of Minnesota is how Emmer made his money as a lobbyist.

Nice guy

[Happy Hoosier]

15. NO D votes without consideration!!!

Nope. ANy candidate that wants D votes needs to offer an actual reason to support them. Because 100%, the GQP is gonna do its level-best to shit all over Democrats.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

16. Dean Phillips of MN indicates he'd be open to it.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/oct/24/house-speaker-vote-republican-candidates-latest-joe-biden-us-politics-live

As the GOP gears up to nominate its third candidate for speaker, one Democrat has broken ranks to say they would be open to collaborating with the GOP to elect a leader for Congress’s lower chamber, but only with conditions. That’s Minnesota’s Dean Phillips, who is already on thin ice with some in his party for reportedly mulling a run against Biden:

[Johonny]

17. Dems will not give the GOP

A single vote without an agreement in place. Best can hope for means little.

[jcgoldie]

18. I do not think so

And they are all functionally the same anyway.

[iemanja]

20. eewww

[Cuthbert Allgood]

24. Zero Dems should vote for a Republican.

This is their problem. They need to fix it. Just like zero Republicans will for for a Dem.

[onenote]

26. Would be shocked if that happened without an ironclad agreement

to adhere to the budget terms included in the debt ceiling deal and to keep the government open and to fund Israel and Ukraine per the president's plan.

[Tomconroy]

27. Not a chance

[brooklynite]

28. Democrats won't be voting for Emmer...

...without a prior agreement with Jeffries that's we'd have heard about.

[getagrip_already]

31. We'd have heard? Yeah, right....

I seriously doubt we would hear shit unless and until Jeffries wanted us to hear something.

The Republicans he would be talking like wouldn't leak and neither would he.

I'm sure this has been whispered over for a while between the sides. We just don't know it. We may never know it cuz nothing may ever happen.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

34. It may make sense for some Democrats to vote for Emmer

Link to tweet

[totodeinhere]

35. I hope that the Democrats will not vote for any Republican for speaker.

I am holding out hope that five fairly reasonable Republican moderates will cross over and vote for Jeffries. That would by far be the best outcome.

[Mister Ed]

36. He's probably the least worst we can hope for.

He's no good, that's for sure. I've had the dubious privilege of being his constituent until a boundary change put me in another district. Mrs. Ed has had the even more dubious honor of being part of a group of citizens who met with him in his office over local environmental concerns. You can be sure he was of no help with that. Mrs. Ed found him utterly repellent in person.

In other words, he's a Republican. But he's not batshit crazy, and he's not actively trying to sabotage and destroy the U.S. government. So yeah, he's probably the least worst we can get for now.

[Prairie_Seagull]

37. If democrats help Emmer. They may pay a price at home. nt

[ananda]

38. I hope not!

Emmer is horrible.

[Yavin4]

39. Nope. Dems need to get something tangible in return for their support.

The days of unilateral surrender to the Republicans need to end.

[EnergizedLib]

40. This is how unhinged that party has become

Emmer has awful positions on things and he’s seen as the least crazy of their candidates.