Just hours after he was nominated for House Speaker, Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) dropped out of the race on Tuesday.

Emmer withdrew his name after a contingent of Republicans made clear they would not back him on the House floor, making it impossible for him to win, the Hill Reported.

Emmer was endorsed by former speaker Kevin McCarthy, but trashed by former President Trump, who released a scathing statement Tuesday calling Emmer a “RINO.”

“I have many wonderful friends wanting to be Speaker of the House, and some are truly great Warriors. RINO Tom Emmer, who I do not know well, is not one of them,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Emmer won the GOP nomination over House GOP Vice Chairman Mike Johnson (La.) in a secret ballot 117-97, but in a secondary roll call vote 26 Republicans voted present or for another person, according to House GOP Conference Secretary Lisa McClain (R-Mich.).

If all members vote present and for a specific candidate, Emmer could only afford to lose four Republicans and still win the Speakership on the House floor.

Emmer is the third GOP Speaker nominee to fall short of the gavel. The conference voted to drop Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as their nominee last week following three failed attempts to win the gavel on the House floor. Before that, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) withdrew his name from the running amid staunch opposition from Jordan supporters.

Reps. Byron Donalds (R-Fla. and Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) backed out of the contest earlier Tuesday, but jumped back in after Emmers dropped out.

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) was previously the only Republican still in the race.

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Tex.) has been telling reporters that he wants former President Donald Trump to run for speaker.

It has been exactly three weeks since eight Republicans and Democrats voted to oust McCarthy from the Speakership.