Ryan Denounces Trump But Would Still Support Him

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) “forcefully denounced” Donald Trump’s “refusal to distance himself from the former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke,” the New York Times reports.

“But Mr. Ryan did not shift from his position that he would support Mr. Trump if he became the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, a perplexing contradiction that reflects the growing anxiety on Capitol Hill over the billionaire businessman’s ascent.”