House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) shut down the rumors once and for all on Wednesday that he would be the GOP nominee in the event of a contested convention, Politico reported.
In a CNBC interview Tuesday, Ryan had refused to rule out the possibility of accepting the nomination if the party had a brokered convention.
“I’ve been really clear about this. If you want to be president, you should run for president. We should select our nominee from among the people who are running for president,” Ryan told Politico in an interview. “Clear and simple. So no, I am not going to be the president. I am not going to be the nominee.”
Former House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) endorsed Ohio Gov. John Kasich in the 2016 election, but said Wednesday that he’d support Ryan in a brokered convention if no candidate won on the first ballot.
Politico asked Ryan about that time he ruled out succeeding Boehner as House speaker, then did just that, drawing a parallel to his conflicting statements this week about accepting a GOP nomination at the convention.
“It was a different situation,” Ryan responded. “I’m already in Congress. That’s a totally different situation.”
News Flash Trump owns Fox news . They just cancelled the debate because he won’t play .
Hello Republicans . The anti-Christ is now your candidate
Oh hell. I had stopped doing the dishes just in case.
Have these guys forgotten how do to politics?
“Right now we have a nominating process and a brokered Convention isn’t on the table.
If the leading candidate isn’t a first ballot nominee, we’ll follow the rules established.”
You don’t engage in hypotheticals that don’t exist.
Another one of those people whom Washington Post editorials imagine runs the GOP these days.
At least he knows better.
But if Paul Ryan were to become Prez we could demolish the White House since he sleeps in his office.