“Saying he was ‘totally shocked’ by the defeat of his friend, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan squelched any speculation Wednesday that he might move into the GOP House leadership void after Cantor’s departure from Congress,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
Said Ryan: “My position has not changed. I’m not interested in leadership … That’s just not been my interest.”
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