Paul Ryan Threatens to Sue Donald Trump Over His Bizarre Anti-Muslim Immigration Ban
You just gotta look at this and marvel at how insane the Republican presidential race has become. The GOP Speaker of the House is now talking about suing their own presumptive nominee over his bizarre, openly bigoted plan to ban Muslim immigration. And yet, he still wants to see Trump elected president.
This has to be the weirdest and most disturbing political campaign in history.
In a sit-down interview in his ceremonial Capitol Hill office on Thursday, Ryan told The Huffington Post that Trump does not have “a blank check” with his endorsement. “I don’t know what that line is,” Ryan said, “but right now, I want to make sure that we win the White House.”
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He added that unity was difficult to achieve when you have “principles” — presumably like the ones that say people shouldn’t be barred from entering the country on the basis of their religion — “being violated.”
On the topic of Trump’s proposed Muslim ban and his statements that he could enact such a policy without Congress, Ryan noted that Republicans were releasing part of their agenda on executive overreach that very day, and, in news that’s sure to please Trump, Ryan suggested that he and the House of Representatives were prepared to sue a Republican president if need be.
“I would sue any president that exceeds his or her powers,” Ryan said.