Former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R) said in an interview Wednesday that former President Trump now represents the establishment wing of the Republican Party, and that he holds a minority view.
“I’m in the minority in the party right now. I’m not in the establishment. Frankly, I’m a dissident Republican, and I don’t think Trump is on the establishment side and Trump’s populism is on the establishment side. “I think we can safely argue – and I don’t like to admit this – that there is,” Ryan said. interview With Paul Kane of the Washington Post.
Mr. Ryan, who is a member of the Fox Corporation board of directors, defended Fox News’ reporting, which includes a more isolationist perspective on foreign policy, saying that many Republican voters belong there and that Fox News has a wide range of He pointed out that it covered the views.
“President Trump’s populism is more of an isolationist trend that I think is wrong and dangerous, and I don’t support it, but it is representative of most Republican voters,” Ryan said. Told.
“And you’re going to see a voice that represents that majority, that system, that current, current system,” he said on Fox News.
Mr. Ryan has been critical of Mr. Trump in recent years, including former Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, who served on the House special committee investigating the January 6 attack. ) has defended diplomatic hardliners and recalcitrant Republicans. at the U.S. Capitol.
In an interview Wednesday, Ryan reiterated his concerns about the Republican Party’s moves, but said he believed the trend was “temporary.”
“But again, I’m an anti-establishment Republican, and the current establishment side is Donald Trump and his cult of personality. It’s a shame it’s attracting so much,” Ryan said.
“I think this is temporary because frankly I don’t think it’s sustainable.”
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