An Open Letter to Speaker Ryan: Hold the Line or Stop Pretending There is One

Speaker Ryan, I wanted to talk directly to you about a thing that has happened in our party.  A party that has in many ways been hijacked over several years leading up to the moment we find ourselves in.

I won’t rehash all the twists and turns that brought us to the point of a presidential candidate who is struggling to earn the endorsement of some of the strongest supporters of the Republican party, other than to say I believe you, and I, and many others have played a role in it and so it is up to us to get control of it.  read