Speaker of the House Paul Ryan says that the “voters” picked Donald Trump to be their nominee, adding, “That’s not something I can control.”
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Appearing on NBC’s “Meet The Press” with Chuck Todd on Sunday, Ryan said that Trump “won the election. The voters picked him. He beat Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio, and Jeb Bush.” (RELATED: Paul Ryan: Here’s How Republicans Can Get Out Of Supporting Trump [VIDEO])
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“The voters voted for him,” Ryan added. “That’s the point. He’s winning. He won the delegates. That’s the choice they made. This isn’t a top-down party where a handful of people pick our nominee, and the president. The voters picked him. That’s the choice they made. We–What can I control? That’s not something I can control.”
“As Speaker of the House what I can control is, can I help add substance to this conversation? Can I bring ideas to the table? Can I lead the House Republicans to take our conservative principles, and apply them to the problems of the day to give people solutions that improve their lives, and try and inject some substance into this conversation, bring an agenda to the country?
That’s what we’re doing,” Ryan claimed.
“So here’s what I worry about, Chuck. I don’t worry everyday about what Donald Trump says and does. I worry about what I can do to help make this a better country, to help improve things, to help make this campaign one more about substance, and ideas,” Ryan said. “And that’s what we’re doing here as House Republicans… We’re trying to add some substance to this conversation, so that people know where we’re trying to go to get this country fixed.”
“I have a responsibility and that is to not try and disunify our party, and disrespect the voters–the Republican Primary Voters of America,” Ryan said. “And what I can control is can we add ideas. Can we add solutions? Can we bring substance to this conversation?”