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 Trump Courted by Once-Scorned Speaker Hopeful Tom Emmer as Mike Johnson Teeters.
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 Five months after a social media post from Trump scuttled Tom Emmer's hopes of becoming House Speaker, the former president praised him at a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser that earned Emmer more than $300,000. The rapid turnabout comes as party divisions over Ukraine threaten to sink House Speaker Mike Johnson, and both Emmer and Trump stand to gain from their strengthened ties