Donald Trump lashed out at Paul Ryan after the former GOP Speaker said if Trump is the party’s nominee in 2024 Republicans will lose.
“Paul Ryan is a loser, Mitt Romney could have won without him. I won twice, did much better the second time, and was 233 Wins out of 253 Races in the Midterms. Paul Ryan is destroying Fox, and couldn’t get elected dogcatcher in the Republican Party!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
Despite Trump bragging about the candidates he endorsed in the midterms doing well, several Republicans have blamed the former president for Republicans’ underwhelming performance in 2022.
“We know we’re going to lose with him. He cost us the House in 18. He lost the White House in 20. He cost us the Senate in 20. He cost us the Senate again in 22. He cost us probably a good dozen House seats in 2022. This is a lesson we don’t need to repeat again,” Ryan said in an interview with Milwaukee-based television news station WISN-TV on Sunday.
The former Speaker also said he would skip the 2024 Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee if Trump is the nominee.
“It depends on who the nominee is. I’ll be here if it’s someone not named Trump,” he said.
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