As GOP primary race comes to an end, pressure mounts for Paul Ryan to back Trump
A reluctant House Speaker Paul Ryan is feeling mounting pressure to support presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, who took two more states in Tuesday's unopposed contests in Nebraska and West Virginia. Ryan and Trump plan to talk Thursday at the Republican National Committee's offices: "I don't go into [the meeting] with huge expectations other than just to have the kind of conversations that we need to start having so that we are getting ourselves on the same page as a party," Ryan said.
But time is ticking. "The number of House members endorsing Trump are growing, and while there are those still holding out, I think everyone will come together — and it's Paul's responsibility to unify them," Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) told Politico.
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