How Ryan decided to ditch Trump

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Politico:

On Wednesday morning, not even 24 hours after Donald Trump effectively clinched the Republican nomination, Paul Ryan convened his top advisers for a call. With Congress out of session, Ryan was bouncing between multiple states, raising the piles of money needed to keep House Republicans in the majority.

 

But Donald Trump was on his mind. The speaker could not — at least at this point — support him. And he wanted to talk through how to proceed.

 

Ryan never expected Trump to lock up the nomination so quickly. He didn't think Texas Sen. Ted Cruz would drop out of the race in May. In fact, Ryan's orbit was preparing for a contested convention in Cleveland, where he is slated to serve as chairman, effectively the emcee of the Trump coronation.

 

The decision was made quickly. The next day, he would go on CNN and make it official, in no uncertain terms.

 

“I think what a lot of Republicans want to see is that we have a standard-bearer that bears our standards,” he told Jake Tapper in the bombshell interview that was taped shortly before it aired on Thursday afternoon.

 

“I think conservatives want to know, does he share our values and our principles on limited government, the proper role of the executive, adherence to the Constitution?” Ryan added. “There are lots of questions that conservatives, I think, are gonna want answers to, myself included. I want to be a part of this unifying process. I want to help to unify this party.”

 

Ryan pre-taped the interview and didn't watch it live. He was at a campaign rally with Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson. Ryan gave GOP Chairman and fellow Wisconsinite Reince Priebus a heads up before it aired.

 

Trump's campaign was stunned by Ryan's interview. Earlier on Thursday, campaign sources said, advisers to the candidate had reached out to Ryan's office with an invitation: Would the speaker be able to meet with Trump for a one-on-one meeting to discuss the fall campaign and the party's agenda? The invitation was passed on to a staffer, and the campaign didn't hear back immediately from Ryan's office.

 

The next thing the Trump campaign knew, there was Ryan on national TV. What just happened, aides asked? They got in touch with Ryan's office. The invitation was off the table, the campaign sources said, who believe Ryan hadn't received word of the offer to meet personally with Trump by the time the speaker went on TV.

 

An aide to Ryan responded that there was no offer for a one-on-one meeting. There was chatter about a staff-level discussion, the person said, and a meeting between Trump and a large group of House Republicans. Both were being brokered by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), a prominent Trump backer. Ryan, the aide added, is happy to meet with Trump.

 

Trump responded to Ryan hours after the interview.

 

"I am not ready to support Speaker Ryan's agenda. Perhaps in the future, we can work together and come to an agreement about what is best for the American people," he said in a statement. "They have been treated so badly for so long that it is about time for politicians to put them first!"

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What does Paul Ryan do now?

[Valin]

@WestVirginiaRebel

 

A better question would be What does DT do now? 1 he's got to win the election, this means convincing large number of people he has spent the last 10 months insulting to vote for him. Then assuming he wins the election, how is he going to work with the GOP leadership (who he has spent the last 10 months insulting) to work with him.

[SrWoodchuck]

@WestVirginiaRebel

 

A better question would be What does DT do now? 1 he's got to win the election, this means convincing large number of people he has spent the last 10 months insulting to vote for him. Then assuming he wins the election, how is he going to work with the GOP leadership (who he has spent the last 10 months insulting) to work with him.

 

Or...being the Speaker of the House/Leader of the Majority & supposedly a symbol of Republican unity...why would you alienate the front runner...except to sabotage the election, by fragmenting the vote further...or pushing Republicans to Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate?

 

I posted elsewhere, that if Trump ran as a Democrat...against Killary & the Commie...& saying the same things he's said all through the primary...would you still think it's cute to pull crap like this; split the vote & help get Killary elected...for a 3rd Obama term? Is a corrupt & known evil entity like Clinton, that much better than Trump?

 

In addition, Ryan (as has usually been the case for the Speaker) is the titular head of the convention...why, in May...after Trump's last two adversaries have quit their campaigns...would you still refuse to admit that Trump is not the front runner? Coup in the works?

 

Disgusting...and proof that at this serious time, elite (& common) Republicans are still playing games with the safety of the Republic.

[Geee]

Ryan invites Trump to meet with House Republican leaders Thursday

 

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, who said on Thursday he was not ready to support Donald Trump for president, has invited the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to meet with House Republican leaders next week, Ryan's office said on Friday.

"Having both said we need to unify the party, Speaker Ryan has invited Donald Trump to meet with members of the House Republican leadership in Washington on Thursday morning to begin a discussion about the kind of Republican principles and ideas that can win the support of the American people this November," the office said in a statement.

 

http://www.aol.com/article/2016/05/06/paul-ryan-donald-trump-meet-republican-leaders/21371783/

 

Take a breath. Might I also add, that of all the pictures of Ryan that AOL could have used, they picked one with Dennis Hastert