Posted on 05/08/2016 8:29:38 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Updated, 9:56 a.m. | Donald J. Trump said he would not rule out an effort to remove Representative Paul D. Ryan as chairman of the Republican National Convention if he did not endorse Mr. Trump’s candidacy.
Mr. Trump stopped short of calling for Mr. Ryan, the speaker of the House, to step down from his convention role. But in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Mr. Trump said there could be consequences in the event that Mr. Ryan continued withholding his support.
“I will give you a very solid answer, if that happens, about one minute after that happens, O.K.?” Mr. Trump said. “There’s no reason to give it right now, but I’ll be very quick with the answer.”
Mr. Trump has shown little interest over the last few days in placating his critics inside the party, including Mr. Ryan. Mr. Ryan, a representative from Wisconsin, said on Thursday that he was not ready to endorse Mr. Trump, citing reservations about his political style and policy agenda. The two men are scheduled to meet privately in Washington next week.
But on “Meet the Press,” Mr. Trump struck a dismissive tone toward Mr. Ryan and responded with outright hostility to other Republican critics who have refused to back his campaign.
Jeb Bush, he said, was “not honorable” for breaking his promise to endorse the party’s nominee. Mitt Romney, he said, was “ungrateful” for the help Mr. Trump gave him in the 2012 election. Mr. Trump referred to Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina senator who said Friday he would never vote for Mr. Trump, as “this lightweight.”
Of Mr. Ryan, he said: “I’d like to have his support. But if he doesn’t want to support me, that’s fine, and we have to go about it.”
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What happened to “the people have spoken”?
Ryan an ELECTED politician should respect that most of all!
It will end with Ryan walking to the mics and endorsing Trump. But Trump will take Ryan out later, imo.
And now it’s Ryan’s turn to cry.
I agree Paul Ryan should be thrown out of the Republican party...like right freakin’ now!!! What a low life “traitor”!!! Mr. ryan...doing the political bidding of Mitt Romney is no way to go through a successful political career!!! You must have gotten passed by, when the street smarts was handed out...you ain’t got any!!!
Ryan should be removed from the country and sent to Mexico.
You gotta be kidding me.....a two year baby could take his place. No room for traitors in the DJT team!!! Goodbye, Paul Ryan!!! Paul...you lightweight, you just don’t get it. Neither does the Republican or Democrat establishment or the media. “A SEA CHANGE HAS OCCURRED & YOU IDIOTS DO NOT HAVE A CLUE”!!! SAD!!! There’s a new sheriff in town....and his name is Donald j. Trump!!!
Some are not thinking like that. A few believe he is the AntiChrist.
To quote McCain “Elections have consequences”(even primary’s). How soon he forgets.
Paul Ryan thought he was pulling a cute one. When Ted Cruz ruined his little backroom gig with Mitt Romney....Ryan immediately stabbed Ted Cruz in the ribs and discarded him. Then came the Trump endorsement denial and a staged convention ruckus. Ryan would, of course, come out with the GOP establishment nomination for POTUS!!! Dummy, Ryan guessed wrong. Throwing your hat in the ring with a buffoon like Mitt Romney is not healthy to anyone’s political career!!! Why? Romney has no political jazz whatsoever!!! Paul Ryan...you fool you guessed wrong!!! And...you will pay a very high political price for your poor planning and backstabbing!!!
Chaos is coming. It has to come. The alternative is that much worse.
I love the way the Donald is sticking it to the press and the establishment. My suggestion for his next move is to announce that Monica Lewinsky is on his short list for V.P. .... and watch the slimy Clintons squirm !
Voters just put Trump ahead of all contenders. They were voting against ppl like Ryan, whom they put in, only to be disappointed. They see him as a disappointment as veep candidate, as finance head, taking money from veterans, and as speaker, worse than boehner, turncoat, giving in to Obama and while in the majority
The vote for Trump was a vote against Ryan and people like him. Voters just pushed the Republican Party into the hands of Trump.
Ryan in his arrogance cannot see that. But he is out. He has no support from the voters
He has no position from which to reject Trump. He is out. The blindness that some of these people in power have is amazing to see. Him, Rush, Levin, FOX, is something I am amazed to watch.
They are out. They have been shockingly lacking in wisdom, the very quality that got them where they were. Nowhere near enough people will listen to them now They’re all out of business it will be amazing to me to watch them still try to influence public opinion. They are all out. They can’t see it
The same mistake Rubio made. The Establishment is dead. Hitching ones wagon to it will be career ending.
trump wasn't kidding when he retorted to Rubio's attempt to make him seem ball-less.....the man shows no fear.
Are they suppose to support the nominee?
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