So, this afternoon the House GOP convened again to try to come up with a nominee for Speaker. After several rounds of voting, they selected current Whip Tom Emmer - he didn't get 217, but he got considerably any more than any other candidate. So he then proceeded to try to shore up support from the two dozen or so folks who didn't say they'd vote for him.

Enter Trump. He had previously not taken much of a role in the Speaker fight, but there was a sense that Emmer had a Trump problem because he didn't vote against certifying the election. Emmer spoke to Trump to try to bridge that gap, but apparently it was unsuccessful. Trump posted on social media coming out against Emmer as Speaker, calling him a RINO and saying it would be a tragic mistake to choose him:

thehill.com - Trump emmer speaker tragic mistake

So I guess, on to find Number Four on the list of Speaker nominees? Maybe Mike Johnson, who just lost the vote to Emmer - but had more votes than the other candidates? Or does the GOP just give up on trying to find anyone within their caucus who could get 217 votes?