Paul Ryan Won’t Go There on Donald Trump
Washington (CNN) House Speaker Paul Ryan says he won’t comment at all on Donald Trump, and is again committing to backing whoever Republicans nominate for president in 2016.
“Because I have special role as chair of the Republican convention, I stay neutral and I support the nominee,” the Wisconsin lawmaker said, explaining that as speaker he will preside over the GOP National Committee this summer in Cleveland.
Ryan added, “All the while I will stand up for what I believe. I will stand up for what I believe is right. I will stand up for our party’s principles and our nation’s principles.”
Earlier this week the speaker strongly denounced Trump’s proposed ban on all Muslims from entering the U.S.
“It’s not who we are as a party,” he said on Tuesday.
But when pressed repeatedly on Thursday to discuss the dynamic inside the Republican Party that has propelled Trump as the clear front-runner, the speaker demurred.
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