Paul Ryan will not try to convince people to vote for Donald Trump

House Speaker Paul Ryan is not going to ask other Republicans to support the party's presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, despite having offered his own hesitant endorsement of the candidate earlier this month. "The last thing I would do is tell anybody to do something that's contrary to their conscience," Ryan told NBC's Meet the Press.

Ryan has been tasked with "uniting" the Republicans, and he said he didn't want to lead to a "chasm in the middle of the party." But, Ryan admitted, Trump is a "unique nominee."

The full interview will air Sunday.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.