“Paul Ryan wants to be talking about his ‘policy agenda’ rollout next week, and instead, he’s answering for divisive, explosive, and offensive behavior by Donald Trump. Paul Ryan and House Republicans’ life will follow this pattern every day until the election. House Republicans can run away all they want, but at the end of the day, they are on the Trump ticket,” said Javier Gamboa of the DCCC.
Key points:
- One day after endorsing Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan disavowed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s accusations of bias against the judge in the Trump University case because of his “Mexican heritage.”
- In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Trump said S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel‘s “Mexican heritage” is a conflict in him presiding over the fraud case against Trump University. “I’m building a wall. It’s an inherent conflict of interest,” Trump said.
- Ryan’s Trump endorsement came nearly one month after the highest ranking Republican in Congress said he was not yet ready to support Trump. The two met in person and spoke on the phone since then, but Ryan’s announcement Thursday in Wisconsin’s Janesville Gazette came as a surprise even to Trump.
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