After repeated denials of rumors about House Speaker Paul Ryan’s plans to retire, it was confirmed on Wednesday that he will, in fact, be leaving Congress.
“This morning Speaker Ryan shared with his colleagues that this will be his last year as a member of the House,” said counselor to the Speaker Brendan Buck. “He will serve out his full term, run through the tape, and then retire in January. After nearly twenty years in the House, the speaker is proud of all that has been accomplished and is ready to devote more of his time to being a husband and a father. While he did not seek the position, he told his colleagues that serving as speaker has been the professional honor of his life, and he thanked them for the trust they placed in him. He will discuss his decision at a press conference immediately following the member meeting.”
Just two weeks ago, Paul Ryan’s office denied that he had any plans to leave his job after Republican Rep. Mark Amodei of Nevada publicly said that Ryan would be resigning in 30-60 days.
Though he hasn’t technically resigned, it does appear that the rumor had some truth to it in that Ryan confirmed he won’t be in Congress after this year.
The decision is another signal of the precarious position the GOP as a whole is in heading into November’s midterm elections. With the Democratic base energized and numerous Republicans losing races in places they’d usually win with ease, many legislators on the right are choosing to not run for re-election at all rather than face humiliating defeat.
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