Posted on 08/02/2016 3:58:36 PM PDT by cotton1706
Donald Trump pointedly refused to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. John McCain in their upcoming primary battles on Tuesday, responding to criticism from both of his attacks on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan. It is only the latest in a long, long series of indignities the two politicians have to endure, through no small fault of their own, over the course of this bizarre election.
In an interview with the Washington Post's Philip Rucker, Trump went out of his way to praise Paul Nehlen, who's running a long-shot bid against Ryan in Wisconsin’s primary next Tuesday. Nehlen is a major Trump backer who has been attacking Ryan’s past hesitance about Trump. After Nehlen defended Trump’s attacks on the Khans — including from Ryan’s criticism — Trump tweeted out a note of appreciation:
Thanks to @pnehlen for your kind words, very much appreciated.
It gets better. This is how Trump chose to explain his non-endorsement of Ryan to the Post:
I’m just not quite there yet. I’m not quite there yet.
Here’s a verbatim quote of Paul Ryan in May, explaining why he still hadn’t endorsed Trump, even though Trump was the presumptive nominee:
I'm just not ready to do that at this point. I'm not there right now.
Trump not only remembered the way Ryan slighted him in May but remembered nearly the exact phrasing and spat it back at Ryan in a brutally effective bit of rhetorical jiujitsu.
(Excerpt) Read more at vox.com ...
Primary is a week from today!
Purge these RINOs.
I really wish Trump would go to his district and tell people that Ryan is needing to be replaced.
plagerism
As we saw in the primary, Wisconsin “conservatives” are sheep easily lead by the GOPe and talk radio. I am pulling for Nehlen but expect Ryan to win. I see a combination of Stockholm Syndrome and “My RINO isn’t the problem” helping Ryan over the finish line.
Best election ever!
That's simply not true. The problem is that Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District is notorious to poll and is very volatile. It's been that way since it was created. The district is very blue-collar working-class but socially-liberal (Thanks to Racine and Kenosha's inner-cities).
We have a solid conservative Republican Governor and a Republican legislature. You couldn't pay me to live in another state, including Texas.
I hope he doesn’t endorse either one. Especially McLame. Sorry boys that’s what you get for being dicks.
1. He shouldn’t endorse anyone before a primary.
2. He should commit to supporting whoever the voters select.
That’s proper party order.
Ryan’s office said they never sought an endorsement. Keeping in mind they expect him to follow rules 1 & 2 this is credible.
Name something, anything, that Trump has done ‘in the proper party order’.
WI is an open primary so you have Dems and Indies voting. Expected low turnout with 25% still undecided could push Nehlen over the line.
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