Posted on 05/05/2016 1:17:07 PM PDT by reaganaut1
Speaker Paul D. Ryan, the nation’s highest-ranking elected Republican, said Thursday he was “not ready” to endorse Donald J. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee.
Mr. Ryan, who is also chairman of the Republican National Convention, has repeatedly said he would support his party’s nominee. But he has carved out some terrain to differentiate himself, by insisting that House Republicans write their own policy agenda this year and by giving speeches that at times criticized Mr. Trump’s views. Mr. Ryan said Republicans needed a “standard-bearer” who embodied the party’s standards.
“I don’t want to underplay what he accomplished,” Mr. Ryan said about Mr. Trump. But he added, “We hope that our nominee aspires to be Lincoln and Reaganesque,” someone who “appeals to a vast majority of Americans.”
“I think conservatives want to know does he share our values and our principles,” he said. “There’s a lot of questions conservatives are going to want answers to.”
His comments Thursday differed from other Republican lawmakers this week who have offered tempered support for Mr. Trump.
“I have committed to supporting the nominee chosen by Republican voters, and Donald Trump, the presumptive nominee, is now on the verge of clinching that nomination,” Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, said in a statement this week.
Many Republicans have been expecting Mr. Ryan to spend his time this summer and fall shoring up vulnerable House Republicans, particularly those running in districts where Mr. Trump is unpopular, rather than stumping for the nominee.
Mr. Ryan has at times taken direct shots at Mr. Trump. After Mr. Trump proposed a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, Mr. Ryan strongly disagreed. “This is not conservatism,” Mr. Ryan said in December.
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OK Mr. Ryan. Just wait until the primary. Does Speaker Foley ring a bell?
Especially since Ryan and many of his fellow hacks stand for globalist cronyism before anything else.
Closet Democrat
If only Ryan was that way.
“Trump is not the sole arbiter of what the Republican party stands for.”
That is true as far as it goes. However “we the people” will certainly have our input and have done so by nominating Trump. If someone like Ryan stands in the way he will be a goner.
“We hope that our nominee aspires to be Lincoln and Reaganesque,” someone who “appeals to a vast majority of Americans.”
Well, Trump evidently apeals to a larger majority of Republcans than the GOPe turds you trotted out to run against him. Maybe the GOPe needs to change to fit Trump’s platform, not the reverse.
Will Ryan go out on the campaign trail and actively campaign for Hillary, or will he just sit there in his plush DC office doing whatever he can to help her by taking potshots at Trump? Time will tell.
Ryan takes issue with Trump solely because Trump is against mass migration by Muslims from countries where 80+% of the populace back jihadists. My issues with Trump do not include his position there at all.
Considerably less so, in fact. ;)
Ryan needs to read this:
Ronald Reagan on the importance of political compromise(in his own words)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/960104/posts
from An American Life (his autobiography) | 8/7/03 | Ronald Reagan
Amen.
And continues to be the same horse's ass he was in the 2012 election. Eventually, he will "come around" after the "big boys" whisper in his ear.
Paul Ryan can smell the ozone from his upcoming ZOT in his primary.
Him not endorsing Trump is an endorsement for Trump.
The point for decades has been for the elite cabal to remove the ‘super’ from America’s superpower status. Ditto for American exceptionalism and reputation.
Those who are against these are against the America I have known my entire life. Many here say the same.
Ronald Reagan on the importance of political compromise(in his own words)
Actually in 1976 when Reagan lost to Ford at the convention, he never endorsed Ford. And went on to win in 1980.
What an asshole.
How does Wisc do the election process for US House?
I see 7 candidates listed on the state website for Wisc 1. Do they use the California “jungle primary” rules?
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