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Donald Trump will not endorse Paul Ryan as Republican splits widen
The Guardian ^ | 3 August 2016 | Ben Jacobs in Washington and Damien Gayle in London

Posted on 08/03/2016 5:52:22 AM PDT by Rockitz

The Republican nominee, Donald Trump, has declined to endorse the re-election campaign of the House speaker, Paul Ryan, the highest-ranking member of his party in Washington, as divisions intensified in the GOP.

“I like Paul, but these are horrible times for our country,” Trump said in an interview with the Washington Post, a publication that is still banned from Trump’s campaign events.

“We need very, very strong leadership. And I’m just not quite there yet. I’m not quite there yet.”

The Republican nominee also refused to back Senator John McCain, the party’s 2008 nominee, in his bid for re-election in addition to Ryan, the most powerful elected Republican in the country.

Both Ryan and McCain are longtime critics of many of Trump’s remarks, but both have said they would support the Republican nominee in the general election. Ryan, in particular, needed coaxing to eventually support Trump, citing his concerns about the candidate’s proposed ban on Muslims entering the US. Eventually Ryan not only endorsed Trump but presided over his nomination at the Republican national convention in Cleveland.

Ryan’s campaign responded through a spokesman, Zack Roday, who said: “Neither Speaker Ryan nor anyone on his team has ever asked for Donald Trump’s endorsement. And we are confident in a victory next week regardless.”

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: mccain; paulryan; trump2016
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Good call, Donald.
1 posted on 08/03/2016 5:52:22 AM PDT by Rockitz
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“... And I’m just not quite there yet. I’m not quite there yet.” hmm now where did I hear that line before?


2 posted on 08/03/2016 5:54:19 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Rockitz

What goes around, comes around.


3 posted on 08/03/2016 5:54:31 AM PDT by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect)
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Mr. Trump CHOSE the American People.

The scumbag Ryan chose Obama, al Qaeda, ISIS,
IRS attacks, BAIN, Soros, ... and wrongly.


4 posted on 08/03/2016 5:55:12 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Rockitz

History in a way repeats. Caesar first purged the disloyal petty tyrants in his midst before he crossed the Rubicon to take definitive action against the Roman establishment that had become corrupt.


5 posted on 08/03/2016 5:55:19 AM PDT by allendale
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To: jmaroneps37

He wasn’t there, then he got there.


6 posted on 08/03/2016 5:55:23 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (Trump-Pence 2016: No full-term Governors!)
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To: Rockitz

The Post is banded? I thought only one reporter was banded?

I don’t recall Trump saying he “refuses” to endorse. Ryan says he hasn’t asked Trump to endorse him.


7 posted on 08/03/2016 5:55:32 AM PDT by nikos1121 (A Trump presidency will be like The Golden Age of Pericles in Greece)
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To: Rockitz

Nehlen will win for sure!!!!!


8 posted on 08/03/2016 6:01:27 AM PDT by HomerBohn (Liberals and Slinkys: Good for nothing but make you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
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To: Rockitz

bttt


9 posted on 08/03/2016 6:11:45 AM PDT by Pelham (Best.Election.Ever)
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To: Rockitz

[“We need very, very strong leadership. And I’m just not quite there yet. I’m not quite there yet.”]

TRUMP - not afraid to stand alone.

“The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful and virtuous.” - Frederick Douglas, (19th Century Civil Rights Activist)


10 posted on 08/03/2016 6:14:08 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: HomerBohn

“Nehlen will win for sure!!!!!”

Interesting footnote to history if he does. Getting a Speaker of the House primaried out would be a first. Usually the Speaker of the House facing a serious challenge steps down first, even resigns, before that happens.

Paul Nehlen sure came out of nowhere. But that does not mean he is a nobody.


11 posted on 08/03/2016 6:14:25 AM PDT by alloysteel (Of course you will live in interesting times, Nobody has a choice, now.)
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To: Rockitz

Excellent call. Trumps non endorsement may even help defeat Ryan.


12 posted on 08/03/2016 6:18:17 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: Rockitz

Go Kelli Ward!!!


13 posted on 08/03/2016 6:18:29 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Oil the gun, eat the cannolis, take it to the mattress.)
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To: Rockitz

Goodnight Paul Ryan, it’s time to go home.


14 posted on 08/03/2016 6:20:32 AM PDT by VitacoreVision
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To: HomerBohn

Go Nehlen!


15 posted on 08/03/2016 6:20:38 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: Diogenesis

“MR. NEHLEN: I sent you 100.00 last night. Don’t disappoint me - I want you to put your foot so far up Ryan’s arse they’ll have to amputate it. Be aggressive - tell the truth about Ryan; that he supports Obama and Clinton, pure and simple. And, come at him from so many angles he can’t handle it all. He won’t build a wall on our southern border, but he doesn’t mind a wall around his house and the Whitehouse? Oh, us poor, lowly citizens are not worthy of his honor and mere presence? Then, he’s gonna fund Obamacare? On top of that, he’s gonna criticize Donald Trump for telling it like it is? KICK HIS ARSE!”


16 posted on 08/03/2016 6:22:08 AM PDT by Zenjitsuman (Y)
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“Ryan is the golden boy for globalist who want to turn America into a third world country with low wage slaves and destroy the middle class... There is nothing Ryan supports that is good for workers or our country... When you look at his immigration policies you might as well say goodbye to America..... Nehlen fighter for AMERICA”


17 posted on 08/03/2016 6:24:19 AM PDT by Zenjitsuman (Y)
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To: Rockitz

Usually, Presidential candidates don’t endorse candidates in primaries. Trump is endorsing no one. Why is that a story?


18 posted on 08/03/2016 6:24:26 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Diogenesis
Here's hoping the Wisconsin voters can send Paul Ryan home for good on Tuesday. Our fellow Americans in Kansas took care of “Tim” the Trump hater yesterday, so Tuesday it is Wisconsin's turn!

Hope Wisconsin Freepers will see this info as this coming Friday and Saturday will be fun in Wisconsin!

Friday, August 5, 2016: Donald J. Trump for President rally in Green Bay, WI at the KI Convention Center.
Live coverage begins at 7:00 PM CT.
Watch the LIVE STREAM of the event below beginning at 7:00 PM CT:

http://www.rsbn.tv/watch-donald-trump-rally-in-green-bay-wi-live-stream/

***********************
About an upcoming event August 6th!

https://www.theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/07/30/ann-coulter-and-paul-nehlen-campaign-event-saturday-august-6th/

19 posted on 08/03/2016 6:30:22 AM PDT by seekthetruth (Still praying for a Commander In Chief who honors and supports our Military!)
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To: seekthetruth; 10Ring; 13yearconservative; 53543freedom; 62pc62; aesop64; afraidfortherepublic; ...

Wisconsin Freeper ping to post # 19


20 posted on 08/03/2016 6:33:06 AM PDT by seekthetruth (Still praying for a Commander In Chief who honors and supports our Military!)
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