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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRyan Goes Full Weasel: Won't Drop Trump But Won't Campaign For Him
Reports: Ryan Tells House GOP He Will Not Revoke His Trump EndorsementAccording to initial reports, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) told his rank and file members on a conference call Monday that he is going to continue to support Donald Trump for president, but that he will no longer plan to campaign with him.
Ryan told fellow Republicans about his decision in a conference call that was called after a 2005 tape surfaced that included Trump crudely discussing how he grabbed women by the genitals. The initial reports emerged via people who were on the call, and it was still ongoing.
According to a report from CNN, Ryan immediately began getting criticism from members who said Ryan was wrongly ceding the election to Hillary Clinton.
Manu Raju ✔
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RYAN getting pushback from angry members who believe his new posture will help elect Clinton, several people said. More on CNN now
11:52 AM - 10 Oct 2016
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Ryan reportedly had to get back on the call to reiterate his position that he was not actually unendorsing Trump.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ryan-tells-gop-he-s-sticking-with-trump-for-now
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Ryan Goes Full Weasel: Won't Drop Trump But Won't Campaign For Him (Original Post)
DonViejo
Oct 2016
OP
Republicans do not do honor or integrity. All Americans should know that by now.
Achilleaze
Oct 2016
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. Republicans do not do honor or integrity. All Americans should know that by now.
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)2. And now the House is in play.
Thanks Ryan hahahaha
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)3. That's his maximum harm-reduction strategy: he has no other
He can't stand next to Trump, who is radioactive and despised. He can't drop him, for fear of alienating the nutbags.
The whole GOP is in this bind, and it is a trap of their own making.
Ryan has essentially said to his colleagues: "Ladies and gentlemen, it's been good working with you. You're on your own."
They're playing Nearer My God to Thee.