A day after announcing his support for Donald Trump's presidential campaign, House Speaker Paul Ryan condemned his party's presumptive presidential nominee for his comments about a federal judge's heritage.
"The comment about the judge the other day was out of left field, for my mind," the Wisconsin congressman said in a radio interview with his home state’s conservative radio host Vicki McKenna. "I completely disagree with the thinking behind that."
Just hours after Ryan said he would vote for Trump in November, the New York businessman told the Wall Street Journal Thursday that U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel, who is presiding over a lawsuit from former Trump University students, has an "absolute conflict" with the case because of his Mexican heritage and Trump's plans to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Curiel, who was born in Indiana, is of Mexican descent.
"He clearly says and does things I don't agree with," Ryan said of Trump. "I've had to speak up from time to time when that has occurred and I'll continue to do that when it's necessary. I hope it's not."
While he has clashed with Trump over the businessman's rhetoric and more controversial proposals, Ryan believes Trump is more likely to support House Republicans' election-year agenda as president than Hillary Clinton.
"Donald Trump can help us make it a reality," Ryan wrote in the Thursday op-ed in the Janesville Gazette announcing his support for Trump.
In a video released by his office today, Ryan teased the unveiling of the agenda, titled "A Better Way."
The Wisconsin Republican and House GOP leaders will unveil the blueprint's poverty and national security planks next week.
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