Where's Emmer?
MN-06 Daily: July 1, 2026
After the crash-out, the Whip goes silent — on the floor and off.
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11 tweets. 0 media appearances. 0 of 6 votes cast. 0 mentions of the failed rule. Silent since June 25.
1,057 days since Rep. Emmer’s last in-person town hall — August 9, 2023 — Hamburg, MN.
Tom Emmer’s last recorded vote was June 25 — the day he told Somalis who “don’t assimilate” to “go the hell back to where they came from.” In the days since, as his caucus revolted, the defense-bill rule collapsed 198–224, and the House left town early, the Majority Whip did not cast a single vote, did not do a single interview, and issued no statement as the party’s chief vote-counter. His accounts never stopped posting.
What He Actually Did
The votes. Emmer voted through Wednesday, June 25 — three “yes” votes that week, plus the bipartisan housing bill two days earlier. Then the record goes quiet:
June 24 — H.R. 915 (Small Business Technological Act): Yea. H.R. 7401 (Small Business Lending Fraud Prevention Act): Yea.
June 25 — H.R. 2478 (Financial Exploitation Prevention Act): Yea. His last recorded vote.
June 29 — H.R. 7757 (KIDS Act), 267–117: missed. H.R. 7128 (TRIA Reauthorization), 373–15: missed.
June 30 — the previous question on the rule (215–210): missed. The rule itself, H.Res. 1398 (failed 198–224): missed. A War Powers resolution on Lebanon (failed 189–235): missed. And the day’s final vote — Rep. Thomas Massie’s resolution directing the Ethics Committee to release records of taxpayer-funded sexual-harassment settlements, which passed 420–0 with one “present” (Nancy Mace): missed.
Six recorded votes across two session days, and he cast zero for as the representative for his constituents. Among the missed was his own leadership’s rule — the vote a Majority Whip exists to deliver. It failed when 14 Republicans crossed the aisle; leadership pulled the plug on the week and sent the House home early for the Fourth — the second week in a row they were sent home ahead of schedule. (That housing bill, H.R. 6644, passed 358–32 on June 23; he was in the building and voting that week.)
The SAVE America Act. The revolt centered on a bill MN-06 Watch readers know: the SAVE America Act (H.R. 7296), the documentary-proof-of-citizenship measure Emmer voted for in February. Leadership’s plan to bolt it onto the must-pass defense bill drew a rebellion from the bill’s own champions, led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who called the maneuver a “procedural head fake.” The standoff had been building since June 24, when — as Emmer stood on the leadership podium behind the housing bill’s sponsor, Rep. French Hill, at the House GOP’s weekly press conference touting the bill — Trump abruptly canceled its Statuary Hall signing ceremony and demanded Congress pass the SAVE America Act first.
The microphone. Emmer’s last media appearances were both on June 25 — the Faith & Freedom Coalition speech itself and a Ripon Society breakfast, both invitation-only rooms, both before the backlash crested and before the floor collapsed. From June 26 through July 1, there is no record of an interview, a cable or radio hit, a podcast, or a press statement of any kind.
Asked by the Star Tribune to make Emmer available to discuss the Somali remarks, his spokeswoman, Sally Fox, said an interview “would be a total waste of his time. There’s nothing to add, and while it may come as a complete shock to the Star Tribune, most Minnesotans agree with Congressman Emmer.” Other outlets reported his office did not respond at all. When the rule failed on June 30, the leadership voice explaining it was Speaker Mike Johnson — not the Whip. (Fox then went after the Star Tribune — “the most dishonest paper in America” — for “cutting” the quote, and posted the email herself; it shows the paper had quoted her first sentence word-for-word.)
That silence is a break from habit. Through the first half of 2026, Emmer was a frequent guest on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Fox Business’s Mornings with Maria, Newsmax, Fox News, and conservative talk radio. One of those regular stops was canceled on June 24, when iHeartMedia laid off longtime KTLK host Jon Justice — a show where Emmer had been a repeat guest — in a round of cost-cutting. And as of this writing, the June 25 Faith & Freedom speech — the one that drew a week of national coverage — had not been posted to Emmer’s official YouTube channel, where remarks typically appear within days.
In fairness. Members miss votes, and the reason is usually mundane — travel, family, illness, duties the public never sees. Monday’s suspension votes drew light attendance across the board; 47 members missed the KIDS Act. The Clerk’s record can’t tell us why Emmer wasn’t voting, and we won’t pretend to know. What it does show is the pattern: present and voting through June 25, absent for every recorded vote after — including Tuesday’s rule, which drew near-full attendance — and unavailable to the press the entire time.
What He Tweeted
One channel never went quiet. Between June 30 and this morning, the accounts posted eleven times — and not once about the rule that failed or the votes he missed.
What He Didn’t Mention
That the rule to bring the defense bill to the floor failed 198–224, and that the House left town early because of it.
That the Clerk’s record shows him not voting on it — or on anything else for two session days.
That the SAVE America Act was at the center of the revolt.
Whether he stands behind the June 25 speech, which still isn’t on his channel.
Any answer to CAIR-MN’s rebuke beyond one line, or to the Star Tribune’s request for comment.
The Questions
The following questions were submitted to Rep. Emmer via his official contact form on July 1, 2026:
Your last recorded vote was June 25. You then missed all six votes on June 29 and 30 — including your own leadership’s rule, which failed 198–224. Where were you?
Whipping that rule was your job as Majority Whip. What happened to the count?
Leadership’s plan to attach the SAVE America Act to the defense bill helped trigger the revolt. Did you whip for the rule, and do you support that maneuver?
Your June 25 Faith & Freedom remarks still haven’t appeared on your official YouTube channel, and your office told the Star Tribune that answering questions about them “would be a total waste of [your] time.” Do you stand behind what you said?
It has been 1,057 days since your last in-person town hall in MN-06 (Hamburg, Aug. 9, 2023), and the primary is Aug. 11. Will you take questions from your own constituents before then?
We are still awaiting a response to all previous submissions.
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📊 Source Data:
MN-06 Watch — Emmer Vote Tracker (per-member record, June 24–30):
https://mn06watch.com/
Republican Cloakroom — floor record, June 29, 2026 (H.R. 7757 Roll 228; H.R. 7128 Roll 229): https://repcloakroom.house.gov/floor/monday-june-29th-2026/
Republican Cloakroom — floor record, June 30, 2026 (Roll 230–233): https://repcloakroom.house.gov/floor/tuesday-june-30th-2026/
House Rules Committee — H.R. 8800 / H.Res. 1398 (rule failed 198–224): https://rules.house.gov/bill/119/hr-8800
The Hill — “These House Republicans voted to block NDAA rule over SAVE America Act”: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5948313-house-republicans-block-ndaa-rule/
Roll Call — “Recess to start early in House after GOP frustration boils over”: https://rollcall.com/2026/06/30/recess-to-start-early-in-house-after-gop-frustration-boils-over/
Republican Cloakroom — floor record, June 23, 2026 (H.R. 6644, Roll 224, 358–32): https://repcloakroom.house.gov/floor/tuesday-june-23rd-2026/
Axios — “Trump cancels housing affordability bill signing until SAVE Act is passed” (French Hill touting the bill at the leadership press conference minutes before the cancellation): https://www.axios.com/2026/06/24/trump-delays-housing-bill-save-act
CNBC — “Trump cancels signing of bipartisan housing bill ahead of tense meeting with GOP senators” (French Hill led the bill in the House; timeline): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/24/trump-cancels-housing-bill-signing-save-america-act.html
Star Tribune — Rochelle Olson, “Tom Emmer drops to new low — even for him” (Sally Fox quote): https://www.startribune.com/tom-emmer-comment-somali-community-minnesota-racism-xenophobia/601861747
CBS Minnesota — Emmer’s June 25 remarks: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/rep-tom-emmer-says-somalis-who-dont-assimilate-should-go-the-hell-back-to-where-they-came-from/
The Ripon Society — Emmer breakfast remarks, June 25: https://riponsociety.org/2026/06/emmer-makes-the-case-for-a-republican-house-in-2026/
Alpha News — “The Jon Justice Show canceled amid iHeart layoffs” (June 24): https://alphanews.org/the-jon-justice-show-canceled-amid-iheart-layoffs/
SAVE America Act (H.R. 7296) House passage 218–213, Feb. 11, 2026 — NBC News: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-passes-save-america-act-trump-backed-election-bill-rcna258614
MN-06 Watch — SAVE Act explainer: https://mn06watch.com/articles/save-act-explainer/
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The vitriol from Tom Emmer and Sally Fox is just sad. They both sound like miserable middle school bullies who are losing their grip.