'I think there's obviously two tiers of, candidates — I'm sure everybody will say the same thing.'
fractured House GOPThe nine candidates for speaker: House Majority Whip Tom Emmer , House Republican Vice Conference Chairman Mike Johnson , Republican Study Committee Chairman Kevin Hern , Republican Policy Committee Chairman Gary Palmer , Reps. Byron Donalds , Jack Bergman , Austin Scott and Dan Meuser .
Candidates are slated for two-minute speeches, followed by a 90-minute Q&A segment and one-minute closing speeches, according to a source familiar with the format.Between the lines : "I think there's obviously two tiers of, candidates — I'm sure everybody will say the same thing. It seems to me it's Emmer, Johnson, Hern, Donald's race til the end," a senior GOP lawmaker told Axios.
"I'm not really sure who has a leg up on any of that because everybody's got different factions and issues, so we'll see," the lawmaker said."The pressure now I feel like from the grassroots is, you guys look like idiots, you don't have your act together, just get this done — we need a leader. So I feel like that it's not about personality, it's about the general lack of cohesion and the appearance of chaos," one lawmaker told Axios.
But others are more skeptical of the conferences' ability to unify behind the next nominee, with one member arguing certain candidates "will not get the votes" on the floor.GOP lawmakers have struggled to rally around a candidate as tensions between the different factions have spiked since the
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