(CNN) If you are religious, say a prayer for Paul Ryan. Faced with a choice between backing Trump and repudiating him, Ryan has chosen carefully choreographed distance. JUST WATCHED GOP ad calls for check and balance on White House Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH GOP ad calls for check and balance on White House 01:23He won the primaries labeling illegal Mexican migrants as (mostly) rapists and murderers. In New Hampshire, a group has started running ads saying that locals should vote for Ayotte as a check and balance against the White House -- presumably a White House run by Clinton. Ryan is trying to save dozens of Republican candidates from a bad choice made by millions of Republican voters.

Source: CNN October 21, 2016 20:45 UTC