US Rep. Palmer drops out of House speaker race - statement

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Representative Gary Palmer has dropped out of the race to become House speaker, the Republican lawmaker from Alabama and outspoken defender of former president Donald Trump said in a statement on Tuesday.

(Reporting by Katharine Jackson and David Ljunggren; editing by Paul Grant)