The Speaker of the US House of Representatives Paul Ryan has called on all Republicans to unite behind GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, signaling the end of a bitter row with the party’s presidential nominee.
Ryan wrote in a CNN article on Saturday that Americans had to choose Trump over his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton if they were fed up with “the current path of decline” and wanted a “better way that offers more freedom.”
Ryan, the most senior elected Republican in the country, said the party’s current lineup of congressional candidates allows for a “unified Republican government” which would fight issues like poverty and border security under Trump’s leadership.
“If Republicans do not turn out — if we sit this one out — we will open the door not just to Hillary Clinton but also a Democratic Congress eager to give her a blank check,” he warned.
The Wisconsin representative spared no effort to berate the Clinton…