CHESTER SPRINGS, Pa. (AP) — For Paul Ryan, October is now all about protecting the Republican majority of the House — and his own job as speaker.
The Wisconsin Republican can't ignore Donald Trump, his party's bull-in-a-china-shop presidential candidate. Nor can he offend Trump's millions of voters, whom many House GOP candidates need to survive next month's elections. Yet amid the remarkable spectacle of the party's White House nominee and its highest elected official practically at war, Ryan said Monday he's not going to lift a finger for Trump or even be seen with him.
The "Republican" featured in an ad released by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign Monday in an attempt to attract GOP voters has been donating to Democrats since 2004.
