Posted on 08/02/2016 1:53:00 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is refusing to back House Speaker Paul D. Ryan in his upcoming primary election, saying in an interview Tuesday that he is “not quite there yet” in endorsing his party’s top-ranking elected official.
Trump also said he was not supporting Sen. John McCain in his primary in Arizona, and he singled out Sen. Kelly Ayotte as a weak and disloyal leader in New Hampshire, a state whose presidential primary Trump won handily.
With Ryan’s Wisconsin primary scheduled for next Tuesday, Trump praised the House speaker’s underdog opponent, Paul Nehlen, for running “a very good campaign.” Trump said that Ryan has sought his endorsement, but that as of now he is only “giving it very serious consideration.”
“I like Paul, but these are horrible times for our country,” Trump said. “We need very strong leadership. We need very, very strong leadership. And I’m just not quite there yet. I’m not quite there yet.”
Trump’s refusal to back Ryan represents an extraordinary breach of political decorum and signals that the Republican Party remains divided two weeks after a national convention in Cleveland staged to showcase party unity.
Trump made his comments during a wide-ranging interview Tuesday afternoon over lunch at the Trump National Golf Club in Northern Virginia.
Trump and Ryan have had a difficult and tense relationship over the past few months. Ryan endorsed Trump this spring after he became the presumptive nominee and spoke on his behalf at the convention, but only after a period of public soul-searching.
Ryan has disagreed with Trump on several key issues — including his proposed temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States — and issued a statement over the weekend that indirectly took issue with Trump’s belittling of the parents of dead U.S. Army captain Humayun Khan.
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Payback.
He he he.....I like Trump’s response. All these RINOs want an endorsement, but when the shoe is on the other foot, they all balk. Turnabout is fair play.
Well good for the Trump Team and Trump Supporters...We are going to win folks, count on it!!!
Don’t forget also his weasel comments about Khan the fake stooge as well.
“Screw me, I screw you!”
Bless your heart DJT.
GO Go Go, Kelli Ward!! Dump McCain...big time.
Mr. Trump’s healthy dogma has skewered and run over
the karma of the sick Obama-servant Romney-toad Ryan.
It appears Trump is learning.
Instead of calling Ryan an open borders traitor advocating the invasion of Syrian terrorists, he used the same language Ryan used.
Gotta love it!
I LOVE that he used Ryan’s words about Trump, against RINO Ryan!
Lol, here Trump is throwing a phrase back at Ryan that Ryan used several times while mealy mouthing around about whether he'd support Trump.
Trump should campaign for their opponents.
And just this quickly, Khan becomes yesterday’s news.
Love it!
I LOVE THIS!!!
“I’m not quite there yet”, LOL!
Instead of calling Ryan an open borders traitor advocating the invasion of Syrian terrorists, he used the same language Ryan used....
They sounded like exact words that Ryan used.
Like refusing to endorse the party's Presidential nominee until the last minute?
If Nehlen and Ward win than all the news we are seeing is media managed smoke and mirrors. If not then I am concerned.
I am liking Trump more and more and more!
Doc Ward needs to dump McCain. His shelf life has expired. Nehlen ousting oily Paul would be sweet
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