Report: John Boehner is Asking Paul Ryan to ‘Step Up and Be Speaker’
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) reportedly asked Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) to “step up” and run to replace him, as House Republicans entered into a new phase of turmoil Thursday.
The Washington Post’s Robert Costaย reportedย that Boehner reached out to Ryan amid a day that saw Boehner’s designated successor, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-California), unexpectedly drop out of the race.
Ryan, the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee who is now the chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, has repeatedly shot down any interest in the position. He did so when Boehner resigned two weeks ago and again on Thursday, minutes after McCarthy collectively stunned Washington and dropped out.
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