Washington – House Speaker Paul Ryan is refusing to support Donald Trump as the Republican nominee for president, insisting Thursday that the businessman must do more to unify the GOP.
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The surprise declaration from Ryan on CNN’s “The Lead” amounted to a stunning rebuke of Trump from the Republican Party’s highest-ranking officeholder.
“I’m just not ready to do that at this point. I’m not there right now,” the Wisconsin Republican said. “And I hope to. And I want to, but I think what is required is that we unify this party.”
Ryan had maintained his silence since Trump effectively clinched the nomination with a commanding win in Indiana on Tuesday that forced his last two remaining rivals from the race. Other Republican leaders, including Senate Majority Mitch McConnell, offered their grudging support for Trump, and Ryan had seemed likely to eventually do the same.
Instead he balked, in comments that could have more to do with his own political future and potential run for president in 2020.
“For us to be a successful party, to climb that final hill and win the presidency, we will need a standard-bearer that can unify all Republicans, all conservatives, all wings of our party, and then go to the country with an appealing agenda that can be appealing to independents and disaffected Democrats,” Ryan said. “And we have work to do one this front, and I think our nominee has to lead in that effort.”
So basically not support Trump, hope he looses so he can run in 4 yrs
I guess it’s a hard pill for the establishment to swallow.
Until this election establishment always knew that they ellect the nomineeand the oylem goylem follows them
However this time they got to realize that things are changing!!
Where did this country go wrong? With two candidates such as Clinton and Trump we are the laughingstock of the entire world. You would expect that people aspiring to the presidency would have better credentials than a buffoon and a jilted wife of an ex-president who sacrificed her dignity for the sake of her White House ambitions. Tell me that this election is a bad dream that will go away in the morning. Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of this country’s greatness? I think we are;. and it may be Hashem’s way of dealing with us as a consequence of the breakdown of family values and legislation that sanctions unprecedented marital immorality. It happened in Egypt. It happened in Rome.