Paul Ryan Spox: Trump Said Tweet About Judge Jeanine’s Show Had Nothing to Do with Him
President Trump told his Twitter followers to watch Judge Jeanine Pirro‘s Fox News program last night, and the show began with Pirro calling on Speaker Paul Ryan to step down after the health care bill was pulled from the House floor.
Now, as Business Insider‘s Oliver Darcy noted on Twitter yesterday, Fox & Friends––a show that we know the president watches––featured a graphic that mentioned “stunning new details” on wiretapping:
Hmm… Earlier today “Fox & Friends” was teasing “stunning new details” on Trump’s wiretapping claims set to air during Judge Jeanine’s show pic.twitter.com/Cceu2h9lyu
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 25, 2017
But the big moment of her show was in the opening where she called for Ryan to step down, so people have been wondering if this really was about him.
Well, a spokesperson for Ryan sent a statement to multiple news outlets saying Trump and the Speaker talked today and the president relayed this message:
Ryan’s office says speaker and president spoke today and Trump made clear his tweet to watch a show that trashed Ryan was a coincidence.
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 26, 2017
Speaker Ryan’s spox says @POTUS was clear in phone call w/ Ryan today that his @JudgeJeanine promo tweet “had nothing to do w/ speaker”
— Tara Palmeri (@tarapalmeri) March 26, 2017
Ryan spox re Judge Jeanine: “The two spoke again today and the president was clear his tweet had nothing to do with the speaker.”
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 26, 2017
NEW:Trump & Ryan spoke today. Ryan aides say:
“The president was clear his tweet had nothing to do with the speaker.— Kelly O’Donnell (@KellyO) March 26, 2017
More NEW:Trump & Ryan spoke today “They are both eager to get back to work on the agenda.”–from Ryan aides
— Kelly O’Donnell (@KellyO) March 26, 2017
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