Granted, Paul Ryan was hemming and hawing and hedging his bets, but still shocking when the sitting Republican Speaker of the House goes on national TV to declare that he cannot—at this time—support his Party’s presumptive nominee. Appearing on “The Lead” with Jake Tapper on Thursday afternoon, Ryan said:
Well, to be perfectly candid with you, I'm not ready to do that yet. I am not there right now. I hope to and want to. What's required is that we unify the party. The bulk of the party will have to come from the nominee ... This is the party of Lincoln, grain Reagan and Jack Kemp. We do not always nominate a Lincoln and Reagan, but we hope that that person advances the principals of our party and appeals to a wide vase majority of Americans ... Saying that we're unified does not unify us, but actually taking the principles that we believe in and running a campaign that the Republicans can be proud about, and that can actually appeal to the majority of Americans. That's what takes it unify the party.
... I think conservatives want to know does he share the values and our principles and the government and the role of the executive. It's the constitution. There are a lot of questions that they're going to want answers to and myself included.
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