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| House Speaker Paul Ryan Tells Lawma |
| House Speaker Paul Ryan Tells Lawmakers He Won't 'Defend' Donald Trump
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 10-October-2016
13:11:17 PM |
| US House Speaker Paul Ryan, the nation's top elected Republican, told lawmakers Monday he will no longer "defend" or campaign with presidential nominee Donald Trump, focusing instead on maintaining his party's majority in Congress.
But Ryan, who has had a testy relationship with the provocative billionaire from the start and has criticized him on numerous occasions, stopped short of rescinding his endorsement, according to a person who listened to the conference call.
Ryan "said he will not defend Trump or campaign with him for the next 30 days," the source on the call said.
But a spokeswoman for Ryan, AshLee Strong, told reporters after the call that there was "no update in his position at this time" in terms of endorsing Trump.
The speaker will "spend the next month focused entirely on protecting our congressional majorities," Strong said in an email.
But the source on the call appeared to suggest Ryan had effectively conceded the election to Trump's Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, who is leading in national polls and in several key battleground states.
"He will spend his entire energy making sure that Hillary Clinton does not get a blank check with a Democrat-controlled Congress," the source said
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