Washington Examiner
House Speaker Paul Ryan stopped short of saying he can endorse Donald Trump after his first substantive meeting with the de facto GOP nominee, but said he was "very encouraged" by the meeting.
"I was very encouraged with what I heard from Donald Trump today," he said.
"I do believe that we are now planting the seeds to get ourselves unified, to bridge the gaps and differences," he added, noting that reconciling with Trump is a "process."
Like Ryan, House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., said she also saw Trump's first meeting with GOP leaders as a first step.
"Today was a very important first step forward to unify as Republicans and build an inclusive coalition of voters to defeat Hillary Clinton which would only be another term of Barack Obama's top-down, government-knows-best policies," she said.
"I was very encouraged with what I heard from Donald Trump today," he said.
"I do believe that we are now planting the seeds to get ourselves unified, to bridge the gaps and differences," he added, noting that reconciling with Trump is a "process."
Like Ryan, House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., said she also saw Trump's first meeting with GOP leaders as a first step.
"Today was a very important first step forward to unify as Republicans and build an inclusive coalition of voters to defeat Hillary Clinton which would only be another term of Barack Obama's top-down, government-knows-best policies," she said.
