Mario Diaz-Balart

Rep. Carlos Gimenez said he wears the Cuba regime's derision of him like a 'badge of honor,' after reports surfaced the regime is again trying to interfere in elections.

Shortly after filing to make another run for speaker, Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., dropped out and instead endorsed Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La. Hern told reporters of his plans shortly after Republicans began meeting behind closed doors Tuesday evening for yet another candidate forum, where GOP conference members get a chance to ask questions of each […] The post Hern out of speaker race, endorses Johnson appeared first on Roll Call.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, his party’s speaker-designate, was already facing some two dozen potential GOP defections on the floor when the chamber convenes to start voting in the formal speaker election.  Then former President Donald Trump, after largely keeping his powder dry, weighed in against the Minnesota Republican, blasting Emmer as a “Globalist RINO” in a post […] The post Emmer faces tough road to speaker’s gavel on the floor appeared first on Roll Call.