Paul Ryan will no longer campaign with Donald Trump
Speaker Paul Ryan told House Republicans Monday that he won’t campaign with — or defend — Donald Trump and he urged his members to “do what’s best for you” in the month left before Election Day.
In a stinging rebuke to his party’s presidential nominee, the nation’s top elected Republican told fellow GOP members in a conference call that protecting the party’s House majority must be their priority going forward.
“The speaker is going to spend the next month focused entirely on protecting our congressional majorities,” Ryan’s spokeswoman, AshLee Strong, said in a statement.
During the call, Ryan said he “won’t defend Trump” or otherwise campaign for him between now and Election Day – telling Republicans in Congress to “do what’s best for you,” according to CNN.
Ryan did not say Monday whether he was reversing his endorsement of Trump.
Another spokesman for the Speaker, Zack Roday, said there is “no update in his position at this time.”
A person who listened to the call told CNN the reaction wasn’t entirely positive — and that Ryan’s comments angered some GOP members who believed he was effectively conceding the presidential contest to Hillary Clinton.
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