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Texas Judge Rules Alex Jones Can’t Use Bankruptcy To Get Out Of $1.1 Billion He Owes To Sandy Hook Victim FamiliesNearly a dozen House Republicans tossed their hat in the ring for the speakership after the GOP’s abrupt removal of Rep. Jim Jordan as the party’s nominee, setting up a high-stakes battle for House speaker following a tumultuous three weeks of Republican infighting that has brought Congress to a halt.
Emmer has also broken with the far-right wing of the Republican party in recent years, serving as a contrast to Jordan: following the January 6 Capitol insurrection, Emmer issued acalling the riots an “unacceptable display of violence that runs counter to everything we stand for as a country,” and unlike Jordan, Emmer did not vote in favor of overturning former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss.
The Florida Republican, in his short time in Congress, also launched an unsuccessful bid late last year to replace McCarthy ally Rep. Elise Stefanik as chair of the House Republican Conference.
Scott, who has served in Congress since 2011, had previously launched a longshot bid to become the GOP’s nominee last week beforearguing he “can forge a positive path as a conservative leader who can unite the conference.
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