Ryan will treat Trump as “he who cannot be named” [warning: Politico] until election day.
Speaker Paul Ryan told House Republicans on a conference call Monday morning he is done defending Donald Trump and will focus on keeping an increasingly imperiled House majority, according to sources on the call.
Ryan said he “won’t defend Trump” and that he has no plans to campaign with the GOP presidential nominee before Election Day, according to sources on the call.
[…] Ryan will be campaigning in 17 states and 42 cities this month, with additional events planned, said GOP sources.
Sources (and the Clinton campaign) quickly clarified that Ryan was still endorsing Trump.
I’ll set aside a long rant on what a total chickenshit this guy is to ask a more obvious question: How the fuck do you have 42 events and not name the guy at the top of your own goddam ticket? Why does Ryan expect that these rallies – which, after all, are targeted at the base – won’t devolve into spectacles where angry Trump supporters jeer and boo at one of the most blatantly transparent attempts to have it both ways that we’ve seen in a long time?