Evan Vucci/ASSOCIATED PRESS Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) laughs as he listens to President Donald Trump speak during a meeting with Republican lawmakers at the White House on Sept. 5. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) hopes you’ll remember him as a deeply conservative leader who fought for tax reform and against special interests. But his refusal to take a stand against President Donald Trump ― even in the commander in chief’s darkest moments ― is a legacy he won’t soon shake. “The immediate condemnations from left, right and center affirmed that there is no confusion about right and wrong here,” Ryan wrote. Evan Vucci/ASSOCIATED PRESS President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan smile at each other at a celebration in the White House Rose Garden after the House pushed through a health care bill on May 4, 2017.

Source: Huffington Post December 19, 2018 23:15 UTC