Real Clear Politics; Ryan Disavows Trump's Comments, Is Still Voting for Him
House Speaker Paul Ryan put himself in a tough spot politically on Tuesday when he said Donald Trump’s statements about a federal judge were the “textbook definition of a racist comment” but added he would still vote for the presumptive GOP nominee.
Ryan vehemently disavowed Trump’s remarks that a judge with Mexican heritage would have a conflict of interest in deciding a case involving Trump University.
“Claiming a person can't do their job because of their race is sort of like the textbook definition of a racist comment,” Ryan said. “I think that should be absolutely disavowed. It's absolutely unacceptable.”
Ryan stopped short of calling Trump a racist, saying, “I don't know what's in his heart, but I think that comment itself is defined that way. So I am not going to defend these kinds of comments because they're indefensible.”
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