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Republican Speaker Candidates Passing 2 Element Screening Test [1]

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Date: 2023-10-22  

Of the 9 candidates for Republican Speaker, only Tom Emmer of Minnesota and Austin Scott of Georgia passed my two element screening test consisting of:

Did the candidate accept the 2020 Presidential Election Result? I used the NY Times listing: www.nytimes.com/…

Is the candidate not a member of the Freedom Caucus?

I personally cannot accept someone who does not pass those two criteria and I doubt that the Democratic Conference would as well.

Tom Emmer is a member of both the Main Street Partnership and the Republican Study Committee.

Austin Scott is a member of the Republican Study Committee.

Both caucuses are generally considered to be non-extremist, though the Republican Study Committee is perhaps more conservative than the other ideological caucuses. It is also the largest ideological caucus. This doesn’t necessarily indicate whether they would be a reasonable speaker, who would be willing to work across the aisle. But rejecting the 2020 state certified election results, indicates a willingness to accept extremist partisan positions, and certainly indicates a disinclination to follow a collaborative leadership approach. I believe that in this narrowly divided Congress the Speaker must have a collaborative leadership style.

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