Paul Ryan Rules Out Run for President
- 8 years ago
After a month of speculation and pleas ranging from the comic to the mildly desperate, Speaker Paul D. Ryan held an unusually formal news conference Tuesday afternoon to rule out once and for all, he said, his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president.
“Let me be clear,” Mr. Ryan said.
“I do not want nor will I accept the nomination of our party.”
Mr. Ryan, who addressed reporters at the Republican National Committee’s headquarters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, has repeatedly said that he believes the Republican nominee ought to be chosen by Republican primary voters from among the pool of candidates already in the race.
But speculation about Mr. Ryan’s intentions has escalated in recent weeks as large segments of the Republican Party are in despair over their two leading candidates and his aides say the attention has become an increasing distraction.
“Let me be clear,” Mr. Ryan said.
“I do not want nor will I accept the nomination of our party.”
Mr. Ryan, who addressed reporters at the Republican National Committee’s headquarters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, has repeatedly said that he believes the Republican nominee ought to be chosen by Republican primary voters from among the pool of candidates already in the race.
But speculation about Mr. Ryan’s intentions has escalated in recent weeks as large segments of the Republican Party are in despair over their two leading candidates and his aides say the attention has become an increasing distraction.