WISCONSIN: Paul Ryan TROUNCES Primary Opponent Backed By Breitbart, Sarah Palin, Far-Right Extremists

At this writing Ryan is leading by an insane 68 points in an utter humiliation for the far-right nutjobs. And Trump too, even though he grudgingly endorsed Ryan after being taken to the woodshed by Reince Priebus. CBC News reports:



Until recently, Ryan had little reason to assume he would have any trouble against Nehlen: no House Speaker in recent history has lost his or her respective primary, and Ryan is popular in his district.

After representing the seat for almost 20 years, he’s had a primary challenger just twice: in 2014, when he won 94 percent of the vote, and in 1998, his first race, when he won 81 percent of the vote.

But then Donald Trump got involved. The Republican nominee tweeted his thanks at Nehlen, a vocal Trump backer, and initially refused to endorse Ryan in his primary, saying he was “just not quite there yet.”

After pressure from national Republican leaders — and after his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, broke with Trump to back Ryan–Trump came around last Friday and announced he was supporting Ryan. Still, for the little-known Nehlen, the entire dust-up was a source of precious media attention and name ID-boosting headlines.