Ryan: I have to support Trump

[brooklynite]

Politico:

House Speaker Paul Ryan says it’s his responsibility to support Donald Trump, even if the presumptive Republican nominee’s bombast occasionally makes him uncomfortable.

Ryan told Chuck Todd of NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he feels an obligation as the leader of the House Republicans to back Trump, warts and all. To do otherwise, he said, would divide the party and ultimately lead to a third consecutive Democratic victory in November’s presidential election.

“I feel like I have certain responsibilities, as not just Congressman Paul Ryan from the First District of Wisconsin, but as Speaker of the House,” Ryan said in an interview that aired Sunday. “And imagine the Speaker of the House not supporting the duly elected nominee of our party, therefore creating a chasm in our party to split us in half, which basically helps deny us the White House, and strong majorities in Congress.”

“The last thing I want to see happen is another Democrat in the White House,” he continued. “I don't want see Hillary Clinton as president. I want to see a strong majority in the House and the Senate. And I think the way to achieve those goals is to have a more unified party, than a disunified party.”

Leadership for America

[uponit7771]

1. When a majority of down ballots see a 5 - 10% drop then he'll kick Daffy Dump to the curb

[JHB]

2. I never thought I'd picture Ryan as Sean Connory, but...

Of course, thanks to the substitution, the outcome won't be the same as in the movie.

[MousePlayingDaffodil]

3. A man utterly without integrity . . .

. . . Which can, of course, be said of pretty much all of the GOP "leadership."

[Earth Bound Misfit]

4. What about your obligation to your country

F'n Republican asshole.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. Well, that's a resounding endorsement!

[book_worm]

6. I hope the people of the first district will give Rep. Paul Ryan a pink slip in November.

[Cooley Hurd]

7. I never thought he was that bright...

...but I never thought he was THAT stupid!

[spanone]

8. so ryan thinks the trump will unify his party?????

[kairos12]

9. The Have to idiom is a scam, thinking error used by people attempting to place

blame on people, places, and things outside of themselves. Exoneration, I think not.

[Trust Buster]

10. It's all about the Supreme Court to them folks. With the accelerating changes in racial demographics

in this country, Republicans understand that their hopes to ram their agenda down our throats rests with the Judicial Branch and not the Legislative Branch. As the racial demographics continue to change, Republicans are only renting space in our Legislative Branch.

[CBGLuthier]

11. I know how the poor bastard feels.

[Wounded Bear]

12. I was just following orders....

(sorry for the Godwin's correlary so early in the thread )

[Scientific]

13. No honor. No integrity. How Republican is that?

Total Republican.

[mcar]

14. What a great leader

[wiggs]

15. He's being a good soldier. He knows Trump won't be the nominee. Trump will quit. nt