Giving up on Trump? Ryan focusing on saving GOP majority
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The nation's most powerful Republican told his party Monday he now is focusing on ensuring Hillary Clinton doesn't get a blank check as president with a Democratic-controlled Congress, suggesting he doesn't believe Donald Trump can win the election.
House Speaker Paul Ryan's office quickly said he was not conceding the election's outcome. But pro-Trump GOP House members got that impression, pushing back and saying Trump can still prevail and should not be abandoned. One outspoken conservative called Ryan and other Republican leaders "cowards."
A person who was on Ryan's conference call with GOP lawmakers said the speaker declared that he will "spend his entire energy making sure that Hillary Clinton does not get a blank check with a Democrat-controlled Congress." The person wasn't authorized to be quoted by name and demanded anonymity.
