In anticipation of Speaker Paul Ryan’s eventual and insufficient response to Donald Trump’s repulsive remarks released this evening, the DCCC’s Executive Director Kelly Ward released the following statement:
“Even if Speaker Ryan breaks from his usual course and actually disavows Donald Trump following these unacceptably disgusting remarks, it’s too damn late. There have been more than enough ‘final straw’ moments during this campaign, and Speaker Ryan has continued to unabashedly put party first in supporting the most repulsive candidate for president that our country has ever seen. If Speaker Ryan steps away from Trump, it will be an act of political expedience and desperate reputation-saving, which won’t redeem him or House Republicans in the eyes of voters.”