Posted on 06/07/2016 11:03:24 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
House Speaker Paul Ryan clarified on Tuesday that while he thinks some of Donald Trump's attacks on a judge have represented "the textbook definition of a racist comment," he doesn't consider the candidate himself to be racist.
After Ryan made the "racist comment" remark at a news conference Tuesday morning, Fox News radio's "Kilmeade & Friends" asked Ryan if he believes Trump is racist.
"No, I'm not — I'm saying that the comment was. I don't know what's in his heart, I can't speak to that whatsoever. What I'm saying is to suggest that a person's race disqualifies them to do their job is — that's what I'm saying," he said.
"I'm not saying what's in his heart because I don't know what is in his heart and I don't think he feels that in his heart but I don't think it is wise or justifiable to suggest that a person should be disqualified from their job because of their ethnicity."
Lee Zeldin, a Republican congressman from New York, made a similar argument Tuesday on CNN.
"As far as his character goes, he isn't making that statement because he feels like he is superior because he is white and the judge is Mexican," Zeldin said on CNN. "I don't think he's making that statement because internally he feels like he is of a superior race."
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To call him pond scum is an insult to pond scum.
My advice to Republicans; don’t bother.
Trump can take care of himself and no one believes you anyway.
Ryan is a failure and should shut up about Trump.
Ryan’s flawed political ‘instincts’ are bringing Trump down just as they did his VP campaign.
“Losers gotta lose!”.
“To call Ryan a weasel is an insult to all weasels.”
“To call him pond scum is an insult to pond scum.”
To call Ryan sh*t is an insult to sh*t.
Regardless of whether Trump wins or loses, the GOP is finished.
~oakie doke
The cucks are running around in circles again.
Like Obama isn’t a racist media mum.
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