Ryan's Legacy Is Enabling Donald Trump
April 11, 2018 at 1:48 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
Ron Brownstein: Paul Ryan, who once aspired to advance the vision of conservative icon Jack Kemp, will leave Washington carrying a more tarnished legacyas the most important enabler of Donald Trump.
No one in the GOP was better equipped, by position and disposition alike, to resist Trumps racially infused, insular nationalism, or to define a more inclusive competing vision for the party. Instead, Ryan chose to tolerate both Trumps personal excesses and his racially polarizing words and deeds as the price worth paying to advance Ryans own top priorities: cutting spending; regulations; and above all, taxes. The result was that Ryan, more than any other prominent Republican, personified the devils bargain the GOP has signed with Trump. And his departure crystallizes the difficult choices Republicans face as Trump redefines the party in his belligerent image.
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