Paul Ryan said he'd step down as GOP convention chair if Donald Trump asks

Will Ryan listen to Trump?
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House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will step down as co-chairman of the Republican National Convention should presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump ask him to.

"He's the nominee," Ryan told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday. "I'll do whatever he wants with respect to the convention."

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.