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House Speaker Paul Ryan Rules Out Presidential Bid 

ERICA WERNER
AP Congressional Corre-
spondent
WASHINGTON (AP) —  U.S.
House Speaker Paul Ryan
on Tuesday definitively
ruled out a bid for president
this year, insisting that the
Republican Party’s choice
should emerge from the
group of candidates who
pursued the nomination.
“Count me out,” the 2012
vice presidential candi-
date told reporters.
In a statement at the Re-
publican National Commit-
tee headquarters, the Wis-
consin Republican sought
to calm rampant specula-
tion that he would emerge
as the nominee from a po-
tentially contested conven-
tion. Many in the party are
worried that front-runner
Donald Trump becoming
the nominee could mean
losing the general election

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. speaks to reporters at the Republican National Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, ruling
himself out of the Republican presidential race once and for all on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. The statement comes after weeks of
speculation that Ryan could emerge as the GOP nominee if there’s a contested Republican convention.

                                                                                                                                                 (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

in November to the Demo-       the speaker has presiden-     the delegates on this: If no    essary delegates to clinch
crats.                         tial ambitions this year.     candidate has a majority        the nomination ahead of
“We have too much work         Ryan also denied he want-     on the first ballot, I believe  the July convention. That
to do in the House to allow    ed to be House speaker last   you should only choose a        would allow his lead chal-
this speculation to swirl or   year after then-Speaker       person who actually par-        lenger, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz,
have my motivations ques-      John Boehner announced        ticipated in the primary.       to make a play for the job.
tioned,” said Ryan. “Let me    his resignation, but ended    Count me out,” Ryan said.       Party leaders fear neither
be clear: I do not want, nor   up with the job anyway.       “I simply believe that if you   Trump nor Cruz could beat
will I accept the Republi-     Tuesday’s appearance          want to be the nominee,         likely Democratic nominee
can nomination.”               may not be enough to          to be the president, you        Hillary Clinton in November.
Ryan’s comments come           quiet the talk about Ryan,    should actually run for it. I   They also fear the Republi-
as a contested conven-         given the unpredictable       chose not to. Therefore, I      cans won’t be able to hold
tion looks more likely by the  twists of the Republican      should not be considered.       onto control of the Senate
day. Ryan and his aides        presidential primary.         Period.” Trump looks unlike-    with Trump or Cruz at the
have continually denied        “So let me speak directly to  ly to accumulate the nec-       top of the ticket.q