Former House Speaker Paul Ryan stated many hard truths about Trump's soul-crushing presidency and the state of the GOP, former Republican Rep. Charlie Dent writes. 'I only wish Ryan pushed back harder when he had the gavel.' | CNNOpinion
Charlie Dent is a former Republican congressman from Pennsylvania who served as chair of the House Ethics Committee from 2015 until 2017 and chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies from 2015 until 2018. He is a CNN political commentator. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN.
Just when you thought internal Republican politics could not get any more dysfunctional and bizarre, last week was very revealing. Take the three-way split screen of former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan's speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California last Thursday, juxtaposed against GOP Reps.
Charlie Dent Ryan, a good friend with whom I served in Congress and who is passionately devoted to conservative ideals in the tradition of Ronald Reagan and his mentor, Jack Kemp, stated many hard truths that speak to the soul-crushing experience of Donald Trump's presidency and the state of the GOP now. "It was horrifying to see a presidency come to such a dishonorable and disgraceful end....