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http://www.reuters.com/article/u…
Paul Ryan, the top Republican in the U.S. Congress, said on Monday he would not defend Donald Trump nor campaign with him, plunging the Republican candidate's presidential bid deeper into crisis over his sexually aggressive remarks about women.
Ryan, speaker of the House of Representatives, also signaled he was preparing for Democrat Hillary Clinton to win the White House in the Nov. 8 presidential and congressional election.
In an emergency conference call with Republican lawmakers, Ryan said he would now focus on protecting the party's majorities in Congress, to ensure that Clinton does not get a "blank check" in the form of a Democrat-controlled Capitol Hill, a source familiar with the call said.
It is extremely rare for a House Speaker to turn his back on his party's presidential nominee. Ryan's move illustrated the extent of the upheaval triggered by the emergence on Friday of a video tape from 2005 showing Trump crudely bragging about groping women and making unwanted sexual advances.
Ryan, the country's highest ranking elected Republican, said he could not defend Trump nor campaign with him in the coming 30 days, the source said.
Ryan went back on the conference call later to clarify that he was not withdrawing his endorsement, a source said.
- He has to know about more shit about to drop this week.BonSeff
- supposedly he's a tape calling someone a Nagger.Ramanisky2
- Protecting his own political career. If you stick with trump, good luck ever winning an office yourself.CygnusZero4