“It didn’t seem possible, but thanks to Paul Ryan, the Republican Party is now even further divided. Ryan couched his comments about Trump in a call for unity, but that tends to backfire when in the same breath, you’re thumbing your nose at the will of millions of Republican primary voters and the Trump megaphone,” said Meredith Kelly of the DCCC.
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New York Times: Donald Trump Won’t Rule Out Effort to Remove Paul Ryan as Convention Chairman
Donald J. Trump said he would not rule out an effort to remove Representative Paul D. Ryan as chairman of the Republican National Convention if he did not endorse Mr. Trump’s candidacy.
Mr. Trump stopped short of calling for Mr. Ryan, the speaker of the House, to step down from his convention role. But in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Mr. Trump said there could be consequences in the event that Mr. Ryan continued withholding his support.
“I will give you a very solid answer, if that happens, about one minute after that happens, O.K.?” Mr. Trump said. “There’s no reason to give it right now, but I’ll be very quick with the answer.”
Mr. Trump has shown little interest over the last few days in placating his critics inside the party, including Mr. Ryan…
Politico: Palin says she’ll campaign against Paul Ryan
Sarah Palin blasted House Speaker Paul Ryan in an interview aired Sunday, vowing to campaign for his Wisconsin GOP primary opponent, Paul Nehlen.
On CNN’s “State of the Union,” Palin said Ryan’s announcement that he wasn’t ready to support Trump showed he was “disconnected” and said that he was “soon to be Cantor-ed,” referring to former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who was defeated in a stunning 2014 primary in Virginia…
Talking Points Memo: Trump Says He Doesn’t Think The Republican Party ‘Has To Be Unified’
GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump said in an interview aired Sunday that he didn’t believe the Republican party needed to be unified in the 2016 election.
“Does it have to be unified? I’m very different than everybody else, perhaps, that’s ever run for office. I actually don’t think so,” Trump said on ABC News’ “This Week.”…
NBC News: Donald Trump ‘Blindsided’ by Ryan Comments
CNN: Palin will work to defeat Ryan in primary for Trump stance