Is Ryan actually so out of touch with American citizens that he fails to understand that the millions of Americans who voted for Trump did so because they believed that it was Ryan, Romney, McConnell, Boehner, and other Republicans who had betrayed conservatism?
A good many of those who voted for The Donald did so not because he was some kind of conservative, but because he looks and acts like the sort of person who will actively DO SOMETHING about the mess in Washington, and restore the America people always knew it could be again.
If conservative principles are the means by which that vision of America could be restored, fine, but the question comes up, just what IS “conservative” supposed to mean, anyway? Many who style themselves to be “conservative” don’t have the courage of their supposed convictions, and fold like a badly made cheap tent when confronted by challenges to that set of values.
The Donald blows up “political correctness”, and this is what has built his most impressive mobilization of opinion.
A bull in a china shop would have something to learn from The Donald.