Post by Logan on Mar 17, 2016 1:04:46 GMT -6
Washington — House Speaker Paul Ryan sought Wednesday to bury speculation about whether he would accept the GOP presidential nomination at a contested convention.
"The speaker is grateful for the support, but he is not interested," Ryan spokesperson AshLee Strong said after reports Wednesday that former House Speaker John Boehner had "endorsed" Ryan for president.
"He will not accept a nomination and believes our nominee should be someone who ran this year," Strong said.
Ryan himself followed that with a categorical rejection of the idea, saying in an interview with Politico that there is "no situation" in which he would accept the nomination this year and that "I am not going to become the president through Cleveland."
Read more: www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/paul-ryan-i-wouldnt-accept-gop-nomination-b99688842z1-372233101.html
"The speaker is grateful for the support, but he is not interested," Ryan spokesperson AshLee Strong said after reports Wednesday that former House Speaker John Boehner had "endorsed" Ryan for president.
"He will not accept a nomination and believes our nominee should be someone who ran this year," Strong said.
Ryan himself followed that with a categorical rejection of the idea, saying in an interview with Politico that there is "no situation" in which he would accept the nomination this year and that "I am not going to become the president through Cleveland."
Read more: www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/paul-ryan-i-wouldnt-accept-gop-nomination-b99688842z1-372233101.html