House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Sunday said he thinks President Donald Trump is “learning” when it comes to race issues in the United States.
“I think, like I said before, he’s learning. I know his heart’s in the right place,” Ryan said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
“How do you know that?” John Dickerson asked.
“I’ve had some candid conversations with him about this, especially during that time,” Ryan said, referring to the aftermath of a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that turned violent. “I’ve had some very candid conversations, and so I do really believe his heart’s in the right place.”
Asked about Trump’s ongoing attacks on NFL players and coaches who protest by kneeling during the national anthem, often to call attention to the treatment of minorities in the United States, Ryan said he thinks Trump has “got a point.”
“What I think a lot of people who are protesting on that don’t necessarily see is that other people see it as disrespecting the country, what it stands for, the flag, and the people who died to protect it,” Ryan said.
He said people “clearly” can “express themselves under the First Amendment however they want to.”
“But what so many Americans — I see this at home — see is you’re disrespecting the idea of America, that we want to make this free country a more perfect union,” Ryan said, “and that people have died and fought and survived to protect it, so they don’t see the point that they’re trying to make.”
.@jdickerson questions @SpeakerRyan about @POTUS comments on #TakeAKnee: pic.twitter.com/VHaeIBr4s7
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) October 1, 2017
I knew Ryan was dumb as a post. But sucking at Trump’s whatever is so disgusting.
Translation: I take Trump at his word on this and on other things. And so should you.
Idiot.
…and he said that his heart is in the right place. I wonder which heart!!!
Yea, I was thinking - did he rent one?
“Learning.” He’s 71. He’s done all the learning he’s gonna do.