Paul Ryan Begs Trump To Keep Focus On Economy In Final Hours Before Midterms

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 13: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks to the media during his weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol on September 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Astrid Riecken/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 13: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks to the media during his weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol on September 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Astrid Riecken/Getty Images)
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Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) appealed to President Trump in a phone call on Sunday, begging the President to focus his rhetoric a bit more on the economy and a bit less on immigration, Politico reported.

But Trump swatted away his pleas, reassuring the House leader — who’s retiring — that his laser focus on immigration is the best way to ignite their base, a source familiar with the call told Politico.

Ryan’s not the only Republican concerned that Trump’s immigration rhetoric will just compound the GOP’s likely loss of the House this week.

“Trump has hijacked the election,” a senior House Republican told Politico. “This is not what we expected the final weeks of the election to focus on.”

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  1. Trump has hijacked the election
    Nope you spinless wimps gave it to him as well as the whole Republican platform…

  2. Spanky owns the Repugs at this point and his ego won’t let him do anything but what he wants to do. Too bad, assholes, you have been headed for this since Nixon. The sad part is the damage that is being done to the country will take decades to repair, if we can do it at all.

  3. Avatar for eglot eglot says:

    24 hours from D-Day, and Ryan is just now teling the “President” to back off!? ROTFLMFAO! You had TWO YEARS to try to talk some sense into him. But no, you rode him for all the lousy legislation he could muster and then you voted lockstep with him. You refused to take ownership of this monster you created. And now all of a sudden, Dr. Frankenstein is concerned his monster is killing the villagers. This is what history will remember you for, Soon-to-be-ex-Speaker Ryan.

  4. History will not be kind to Ryan and his colleagues. He should STFU, keep his head down and pray he’s not caught up the coming shitstorm.

  5. Trump swatted away his pleas, reassuring the House leader — who’s retiring, but will likely be lose his speaker status in coming days if, as predicted, Democrats grab the House — that his laser focus on immigration is the best way to ignite their base,

    Hard to argue with Trump's tactics, since appealing to ignorant, xenophobic bigots is likely playing to the majority of Americans.

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