Emmer’s Bitterest Rival Goes Public

“Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), who opposed Tom Emmer’s speakership bid on Tuesday behind closed doors, is vowing that he won’t back the Minnesotan on the floor — and urging fellow Republicans to ditch the speaker pick they just chose,” Politico reports.

Banks said Republicans shouldn’t put one of the “most moderate members of the entire Republican conference in the speaker’s chair,”  adding that Emmer’s “not a conservative.”