No surprise @WashingtonPost tried to contort this into breaking news.”Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) This was an attempt at humor gone wrong. At the time, Ryan had still not endorsed Trump but McCarthy had already signed up to become a Trump delegate to the RNC and formally endorsed the real estate developer’s campaign. California congressman Eric Swalwell, a member of the House intelligence committee, said the remark raised questions about whether the majority leader has additional information on the “relationship the president had with president Putin”. He said that the majority leader approached him on the floor during votes on Wednesday evening to ensure that he knew that the remark was intended as a joke. “You have to be very careful when you’re using humor,” Rohrabacher said, recalling a joke he made during a hearing.

Source: The Guardian May 18, 2017 00:00 UTC