Staunch Trump ally Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) slammed former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R) after he called the former president “unfit for office” and said he will not vote for him in 2024.
“Paul Ryan, you’re a piece of garbage. You’re a piece of garbage. And we should kick you out of the party. For Paul Ryan to say he’s not voting for Donald Trump – that’s the problem with some of our Republicans. It’s guys like that,” Nehls told CNN’s Manu Raju.
“Don’t go spouting your mouth off and saying you’re a conservative,” Nehls added. “You’re spitting in the face of the leader of our party, Donald Trump. I mean, grow up a little bit.”
Nehls was responding to comments Ryan made in an interview with Fox News earlier on Tuesday. In the interview, Ryan called Trump “unfit” for office said he will not vote for him in the November presidential election.
“I voted for him in 2016, hoping that there was going to be a different kind of person in office, and I do think character is a really important issue. If you put yourself above the constitution, as he has done, that means you’re unfit for office,” Ryan said on Fox News’ Your World with Neil Cavuto.
“I think it really just is character at the end of the day,” he added. “And the fact that if you’re willing to put yourself above the Constitution – an oath you swear when you take office, federal office, whether it’s president or a member of Congress – you swear an oath to the Constitution and if you’re willing to suborn it to yourself, I think that makes you unfit for office.”
