ON THE HILL
![UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 24: House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., candidate for speaker of the House, is seen outside a House Republican Conference speaker election meeting in Longworth Building on Tuesday, October 24, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Sipa USA)](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/231024120804-tom-emmer-1024-restricted.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_270,w_480,c_fill)
Who is Tom Emmer, the Minnesota Republican who withdrew from House speaker race hours after nomination?
![Sen. Bob Menendez arrives at Manhattan federal court on Monday in New York.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/231023151503-01-bob-menendez-102323.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_270,w_480,c_fill)
Sen. Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to charge alleging he conspired to act as a foreign agent of Egypt
![Washington, DC - October 20 : Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., departs a House Republican Conference meeting after members voted for Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to step down as a candidate for Speaker of the House, on Capitol Hill on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/231022184949-tom-emmer-1020-restricted.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_270,w_480,c_fill)
House GOP circus embarrasses senior party leaders as the country and the world wait for Republicans to pick a speaker
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