Tag: Gave Up

The news on Wednesday that House Speaker Paul Ryan won’t run for another term wasn’t shocking — it has been rumored for months. Being the speaker of this Republican House was a tough job even pre-Trump The conservatives in the House, particularly the Freedom Caucus, make being speaker very difficult. Trump has made wrangling the House even harder Remember when Congress passed a spending bill last month? But I doubt the more sober-minded Ryan has enjoyed, for example, how California GOP Rep. Devin Nunes has run the House Intelligence Committee’s Russia investigation. Ryan is not a natural Trump ally After it became clear that Trump would be the GOP nominee in 2016, Ryan at first would not endorse him. With Trump in the White House, Ryan was able to overhaul U.S. tax policy, as he has long wanted to do. And I doubt that Trump would have strongly embraced them. Moreover, it’s likely that GOP majorities, particularly in the House, will shrink after the midterms, making it even less likely that the party would pass major bills. Democrats appear to have a good chance of winning the House in November. And so will the Republican Party without him.