Team Pence Now Says He’s Totally Backing Ryan’s Re-Election As Speaker

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 13: Republican Vice Presidential nominee Mike Pence, right, and Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., conduct a news conference at the RNC after a meeting of the House Republican Conference, September ... UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 13: Republican Vice Presidential nominee Mike Pence, right, and Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., conduct a news conference at the RNC after a meeting of the House Republican Conference, September 13, 2016. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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A spokesman for Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence said on Thursday that Pence “100 percent” supports House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) in his re-election to the speakership.

“Governor Pence 100 percent supports Paul Ryan to be reelected Speaker of the House,” a spokesman for Pence told Bloomberg reporter Kevin Cirilli.

Pence previously had refused three times to answer whether he believes Ryan should be re-elected, according to a report National Review correspondent Tim Alberta published earlier Thursday.

Alberta pushed back on Lotter’s statement:

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  1. Trump: Pence is Fired. He will always be a loser.

  2. I sense a coarsening of political dialogue since the Cubs won the World Series.

  3. “Pence previously had refused three times to answer whether he believes Ryan should be re-elected.”

    It just took a little time to decrypt the FSB cable.

    He’s good now.

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