WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan is definitively ruling out a bid for president this year, telling the GOP, “Count me out.”
In a statement at the Republican National Committee, Ryan said if the party can’t choose a nominee on the first ballot, the eventual choice should only be a candidate who participated in the primaries.
Ryan has faced persistent speculation that he could emerge as the GOP nominee from a contested Republican convention.
I simply believe that if you want to be the nominee—to be the president—you should actually run for it.
