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                                                                                             Giving up
                                                                                            on Trump?

 In this May 12, 2016, file photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, following his meeting with Republican presidential
candidate Donald Trump.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Associated Press

Ryan focusing on saving GOP majority 

JULIE PACE, ERICA WERNER       devote his energy to ensur-   immigration and not waste      ous predicament Repub-      sylvania rally, except per-
and  STEVE PEOPLES             ing Clinton doesn’t get a     his time on fighting Republi-  licans find themselves in   haps one line that could
Associated Press               “blank check” as president    can nominee.”                  one month from Election     apply to fleeing Republi-
WASHINGTON (AP) —              with a Democratic-con-        Trump retained the back-       Day. Recent revelations of  cans as well as the Demo-
House Speaker Paul Ryan,       trolled Congress, accord-     ing of the Republican Na-      Trump’s predatory sexual    crats.
the nation’s top elected       ing to people on his private  tional Committee, which        comments about women        “The last 72 hours has
Republican, effectively        conference call with GOP      has overseen crucial field     deepened the worries        framed what this election
abandoned Donald Trump         House members. While          efforts for the candidate in   among GOP officials who     is all about. It’s about the
Monday, telling anxious fel-   the Wisconsin Republican      battleground states. On a      fear he’ll drag down their  American people fight-
low lawmakers he will not      did not formally rescind his  conference call with RNC       own electoral prospects in  ing back against corrupt
campaign for or defend         own tepid endorsement of      members, chairman Re-          November. But others look   politicians who don’t care
the floundering business-      Trump, he told lawmakers      ince Priebus said the party    at Trump’s loyal bands of   about anything except for
man in the election’s clos-    they were free to do just     remains in full coordination   supporters and see no way   staying in power,” he said.
ing weeks. Pro-Trump mem-      that and fight for their own  with Trump.                    for Republicans in other    Running mate Mike Pence
bers rebelled in anger, ac-    re-election.                  “Everything is on course,”     races to win without their  said he was staying with
cusing Ryan of conceding       Trump fired back on Twitter,  Priebus said, according to     support.                    Trump.
the election to Hillary Clin-  saying Ryan “should spend     a participant in the call.     Trump himself made no
ton.                           more time on balancing        Still, Ryan’s announcement     reference to Ryan and the       Continued on page 3
Indeed, Ryan said he would     the budget, jobs and illegal  underscored the peril-         GOP defections at a Penn-