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.”
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“Any chance Ryan could lose?”
Lots of people said Trump couldn’t win, so why not?
Huselkamp lost yesterday. And some other dude.
sure keeping THAT quiet aren’t they?
I just saw an article that said four pubbies have been primaried, but I don’t know who the players are.
I have never seen a House speaker just strut around saying “Look how cute I am!” and grabbing publicity. One hardly ever saw Hastert, and most outside San Francisco couldn’t even identify Pelosi in a lineup. Even when Newton Gingrich was in the limelight, it was usually over a policy matter, not just as a celebrity the way Ryan is portrayed.
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