Ryan’s friends flee as frustration with Trump grows

By artappraiser on Thu, 10/19/2017 - 11:39pm |

A flurry of House GOP retirements could make the speaker's job even harder.

By Rachel Bade @ Politico.com, 10/19/2017 06:20 PM EDT

Paul Ryan’s governing caucus is dwindling.

A number of the speaker's closest comrades in the House have called it quits in recent weeks because they're tired of President Donald Trump's antics, depressed over the GOP's dearth of legislative accomplishments this year or have personal reasons. Whatever the causes, the departures are certain to make Ryan's job as House speaker harder, depriving him of loyal lieutenants in a conference already riven by ideological and stylistic divisions [....]

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