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Speaker Ryan, seeking unity, says he’ll vote for Trump

Speaker Ryan, seeking unity, says he’ll vote for Trump

JANESVILLE, Wisc. (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan backed Donald Trump's bid for president on Thursday, bringing an end to the extraordinary public split between the GOP's presumptive White House nominee and the nation's top Republican in office. "I had friends wishing I wouldn't support him. I had friends wishing I would," Ryan said in an exclusive interview with the Associated Press. "I really didn't feel any pressure, other than my goal is to make sure that were

JANESVILLE, Wisc. (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan backed Donald Trump's bid for president on Thursday, bringing an end to the extraordinary public split between the GOP's presumptive White House nominee and the nation's top Republican in office. "I had friends wishing I wouldn't support him. I had friends wishing I would," Ryan said in an exclusive interview with the Associated Press. "I really didn't feel any pressure, other than my goal is to make sure that were unified so that we're at full s…