‘It was not rigged. It was not stolen’: Paul Ryan rejects Trump’s false election claims
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} Paul Ryan, the former GOP Speaker of the House, has broken with the Donald Trump loyalists of his party by offering an unequivocal rejection of the former president's claim that the 2020 election was stolen. While he has never confirmed any of those theories, he has broken rank with many establishment Republicans by refusing to fall in line with Mr Trump's fraudulent claims that the 2020 election was stolen. Mr Ryan allowed that there was likely "organised shenanigans" in elections, but said that any incidents were in no way broad enough to swing the election in Mr Biden's favour. After Mr Trump took office, Mr Ryan – alongside then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell – attempted to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but they were largely unsuccessful in those efforts.
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