前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)周三获得了众议院多数党党鞭汤姆·埃默(Tom Emmer)的支持，特朗普称他为“全球主义者RINO”，与共和党选民“完全脱节”，有效地挫败了埃默在10月份的议长竞选。
艾默周三表示，现在是共和党团结在特朗普身后的时候了。
“民主党人已经明确表示，他们将使用他们武器库中的一切工具，试图让乔·拜登和他失败的政策继续掌权。我们不能让他们得逞。现在是共和党人团结在我们党的明显领先者身后的时候了，这就是为什么我自豪地支持唐纳德·j·特朗普竞选总统，”埃默写于X.
在十月的混乱的扬声器之战跟随前议长凯文·麦卡锡的下台，埃默是众议院共和党领导人之一，他参加了众议院最高职位的竞选。然而，特朗普发布在他的社交媒体平台上“投票给像汤姆·艾默这样的全球主义者RINO将是一个悲剧性的错误!”
在众议院多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯支持前总统一天后，埃默获得了支持。当斯卡利斯在10月竞选公开发言人职位时，特朗普冷落了他——而是支持众议院司法委员会主席吉姆·乔丹。斯卡利斯在无记名投票中击败了乔丹获得了提名。
2023年11月14日，众议院多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯参加了在国会大厦游客中心举行的新闻发布会，他们在会上提出了继续资助政府和以色列战争的决议。
汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ-通过盖蒂图片社点名
特朗普后来质疑了斯卡利斯的健康状况，提出了斯卡利斯的癌症诊断，从而帮助扼杀了斯卡利斯的议长竞选。
斯卡利斯周二表示，他为支持前总统感到“自豪”。
“我很自豪地支持唐纳德·特朗普在2024年当选总统，我期待着与特朗普总统和共和党参众两院合作，为那些在拜登失败政策的重压下挣扎的家庭而斗争，”斯卡利斯发布道在X上.
在埃默和斯卡利斯的支持下，特朗普现在得到了众议院四位共和党领导人的支持。众议院议长迈克·约翰逊和众议院共和党会议主席埃利斯·斯特凡尼克已经在2024年的白宫竞选中支持前总统。
约翰逊和斯特凡尼克一直是特朗普的支持者，也是投票推翻2020年选举结果的147名共和党议员之一。约翰逊还带头让包括斯特凡尼克在内的125名共和党同事签署了一份提交给最高法院的法庭之友简报，支持德克萨斯州的诉讼，该诉讼将使关键战场州的选举结果无效。
Trump helped tank Emmer, Scalise speakership bids. Now they're endorsing him for president
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday earned an endorsement from House Majority Whip Tom Emmer -- whom Trump called a "Globalist RINO" who is "totally out-of-touch" with Republican voters, effectively tanking Emmer's speakership bid in October.
Emmer said Wednesday that it's time for the GOP to unite behind Trump.
"Democrats have made clear they will use every tool in their arsenal to try and keep Joe Biden and his failed policies in power. We cannot let them. It's time for Republicans to unite behind our party's clear frontrunner, which is why I am proud to endorse Donald J. Trump for President," Emmerwrote on X.
During October'schaotic speaker battlefollowing theouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy,Emmer was among the House GOP leaders who threw his hat in the ring for the House's top job. However, Trumpposted on his social media platformthat "voting for a Globalist RINO like Tom Emmer would be a tragic mistake!"
Emmer's endorsement came a day after House Majority Leader Steve Scalise backed the former president. When Scalise ran for the open speaker job in October, Trump snubbed him -- instead backing House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan. Scalise took the nomination over Jordan in a secret ballot.
Trump later helped sink Scalise's speakership bid after he questioned his health, bringing up Scalise's cancer diagnosis.
Scalise said Tuesday he was "proud" to support the former president.
"I am proud to endorse Donald Trump for president in 2024, and I look forward to working with President Trump and a Republican House and Senate to fight for those families who are struggling under the weight of Biden's failed policies," Scalise postedon X.
With endorsements from Emmer and Scalise, Trump now has the backing of all top four House Republican leaders. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik have already endorsed the former president in his 2024 White House bid.
Johnson and Stefanik have been vocal Trump supporters and were among the 147 GOP lawmakers who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Johnson also led the charge to get 125 of his Republican colleagues -- including Stefanik -- to sign an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, supporting Texas' lawsuit that would have invalidated the election results in key battleground states.
