NBC Host Grills Ryan On Trump: Are You Putting ‘Party Over Country’? (VIDEO)

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During an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” House Speaker Paul Ryan insisted that he did not put “party over country” by endorsing Donald Trump.

Ryan said that he had “certain responsibilities” as Speaker, which prompted him to endorse the party’s presidential nominee.

“Imagine the Speaker of the House not supporting the duly elected nominee of our party, therefore creating a chasm in our party to split us in half,” he told NBC host Chuck Todd.

Ryan added that he will speak out against Trump’s views if he needs to.

“If something is done and said that I don’t agree with, that I think puts a bad label on conservatism, then I’m going to speak out on it as I have, as I will continue to do, and I hope I don’t have to keep doing,” Ryan said.

Todd then told Ryan, “You just made a case, though, of party over country.”

“No, I didn’t,” Ryan responded, arguing that he doesn’t agree with Hillary Clinton on anything, but that he has common ground with Trump.

Watch the interview via NBC News:

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  1. I sure hope he has a lot of dancing shoes in his closet, because at the rate he’s going, he’s going to wear out a pair a week…

  2. “No, I didn’t,” Ryan responded, arguing that he doesn’t agree with Hillary Clinton on anything, but that he has common ground with Trump.

    and this is the point where Todd should have asked about what positions that Trump and Ryan share common ground on…

    a luta continua

  3. “Imagine the Speaker of the House not supporting the duly elected nominee of our party, therefore creating a chasm in our party to split us in half,” he told NBC host Chuck Todd.

    ahem

    ahem:part deux

  4. Great question Todd! I can see the Ads already. :slight_smile:
    Republicans everywhere are putting “party over country” by ellecting a freaking idiot…

  5. I admit that I only made it thru 4 minutes before the bile started to rise but I did hear Ryan say that, if Donald Trump says or does anything that goes against conservative values, he would speak up.

    Conservative values? How about AMERICAN values, you cheap sell-out Koch puppet?

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