“When he announced his retirement in April, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan pledged to ‘run through the tape’ and remain in his post through the midterm elections,” the Washington Post reports.
“Three months later, that sprint looks more like a slog: President Trump continues to upend the GOP on a near-daily basis, while both conservative and moderate lawmakers have caused Ryan headaches as new legislative and political pitfalls loom.”
“Still, Ryan has defied GOP colleagues who predicted it would be impossible for a lame-duck speaker to remain in power for months with control of the House on the line in November.”
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