Ryan knows that if Trump is elected, his position will be untenable. He will be forced to resign and a much more committed conservative will take his place. Remember Ryan once said he did not want the job of Speaker but was pressured by Romney to take it so at the conservatives would be checked. Should have taken this weak man at his word.
This is the essence of it.
Trump now knows exactly who the confederates are.
They will have no place of influence in his administration.
Favors done by the Trump White House will be few and far between.
And come ‘18, these miscreants will most assuredly face primary opposition with the disadvantage of the White House not supporting them.
This is their bed. They’ve made it. They must live with it, but most will try and wiggle and squirm out of accepting any responsibility for their words and actions.
What a sorry state our politics finds itself in today.
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