Presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump took aim Wednesday at Fox News board member and former GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan on social media.
Trump tore into “a very disloyal” Ryan on Truth Social, citing the infamous former House Speaker as the reason why “nobody can ever trust Fox News.”
“Nobody can ever trust Fox News, and I am one of them, with the weak and ineffective RINO, Paul Ryan, on its Board of Directors,” Trump wrote. “He’s a total lightweight, a failed and pathetic Speaker of the House, and a very disloyal person. Romney was bad, but Paul Ryan made him look worse. As a team, they never had a chance. Rupert and Lachlan, get that dog off your Board – You don’t need him. ALL YOU NEED IS TRUMP. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Ryan called Trump “unfit for office” during a June 11 interview with Fox News’ Neil Cavuto. When Cavuto asked Ryan about viewers who disliked him and believed he was “pulling the strings” at Fox, Ryan responded he had “been in politics a long time” and had “really thick skin.”
Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan on Donald Trump:
“I do think character is a really important issue. If you put yourself above the Constitution, as he has done, I think that makes you unfit for office.” pic.twitter.com/w5FZLTOJKT
— Republican Voters Against Trump (@AccountableGOP) June 11, 2024
Ryan endorsed Trump during his first presidential bid in 2016. Despite this, Ryan made clear in early May that he would write in a different candidate’s name because “character is too important.” The anti-Trump Republican also said, “Everyone knows we will well lose the election if we nominate this guy again.”