Marjorie Taylor Greene Reacts As Tom Emmer Drops Out Of Speaker Race

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) spoke with the press on Tuesday after Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) dropped out of the Speaker race.

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00:00 I'm just wondering who you're going to support for Speaker now.

00:03 I've got to go in the conference and find out who's running.

00:06 Have you talked to President Trump today?

00:08 I talked to him briefly just a little while ago.

00:11 What was the message he had for you in the Republican conference on the Speaker battle?

00:14 I'm not going to say if it's happening or not.

00:17 Are you happy about what happened?

00:19 I like Tom Emmer a lot as a person, but I couldn't support him as Speaker of the House.

00:25 He didn't object to Joe Biden's Electoral College votes.

00:29 He voted with the Democrats to overturn President Trump's ban on transgenders in the military.

00:34 He has a voting record I couldn't support, and most Republicans, conservative Republicans, don't support.

00:40 I think we need a Speaker of the House that reflects the views of Republican voters,

00:45 and Republican voters largely support President Trump.

00:49 How does this look for Republicans?

00:51 You nominate someone to be the Speaker, and then three hours later they're—

00:54 You know what? In 1855, there was 133 ballots.

00:58 I think what we need to do is we need to get the right Speaker of the House.

01:01 Who is that?

01:02 I don't know. We're going to find out.

01:04 Who would you like to see?

01:06 I want to go see who's running.

01:08 Sorry, guys.

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