CNBC anchor leaves Paul Ryan stunned after pledge to unify party

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : 'But the point is, all this other stuff, the tax policy, the border policy, the deregulatory policy... very good for America.'Kernan then reminded Ryan to 'not sacrifice the good for the perfect.'Ryan merely responded: 'I think it's important that Republicans stay unified.'A former vice presidential nominee and speaker of the House, Ryan was at one point a close ally of Trump in getting his agenda passed in his first go as presidentThe ex-Congressman, whose disdain of Trump is longstanding and well-documented, has said he believed Donald Trump would not secure the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, predicting the party's voters will realize he has little chance in the general election.
60% : A former vice presidential nominee and speaker of the House, Ryan was at one point a close ally of Trump in getting his agenda passed in his first go as president.
58% : Would have been nice before the election.'The ex-Wisconsin Congressman tried to play diplomat, responding: 'He won.''I thought it was funny when you said: 'Hey look, I want Trump to succeed.'
56% : We will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and it will happen very quickly!'Trump then advised any hiring managers that 'it would be helpful if you would not send, or recommend to us, people who worked with, or are endorsed by' a list of anti-Trump Republicans 'in order to save time, money, and effort.'Ryan was among those mentioned, alongside Mike Pence, Dick and Liz Cheney and John Bolton.
34% : He also said that those voters would 'not be impressed by the sight of yes-men and flatterers flocking to Mar-a-Lago.'Trump reignited the feud Wednesday night, when he sent a message of 'out with the old, in with the new' by naming and shaming many of his former Cabinet members while honoring his new administration.
32% : However, for the first half of Trump's presidency, Ryan led the House GOP majority and had a tenuous working relationship with Trump, working with him to pass major tax cuts.
32% : Donald Trump sent a message of 'out with the old, in with the new,' naming and shaming many of his former Cabinet members while honoring his new administration, including Ryan, former Defense Secretary James Mattis (pictured center) and Vice President Mike Pence (pictured right)Trump congratulated his new administration employees in a Truth Social post Wednesday night, before ripping several of those who either worked for him during his first term or stopped supporting him.
30% : He eventually took a position on the board of Fox News which Trump spoke out against in 2022.
24% : Get Ryan off your Board and report the News as it should be reported...And stop taking negative ads from the perverts, and others!!!'In a May 2021 statement, Trump was equally critical of Ryan saying: 'As a Republican, having Paul Ryan on your side almost guarantees a loss, for both you, the Party, and America itself!'Trump added that Ryan was a 'curse to the Republican Party.
23% : Kernan continued to go in: 'Of course you want Trump to succeed, you're a Republican!'The ex-speaker tried to explain that his version of conservatism doesn't always overlaps with Trump.
23% : Ryan said, without naming Trump: 'If the conservative cause depends on the populist appeal of one personality, or on second-rate imitations, then we're not going anywhere.'Ryan said that voters wanted Republicans with 'independence and mettle.'
22% : CNBC host Joe Kernan ripped Paul Ryan for doing an about-face on Donald Trump and calling for Republican unity during his second term.
14% : The CNBC host refused to hear it, saying the electoral choice between Trump and Kamala Harris was 'always binary, all along.'Ryan tried to explain one more time, saying he wasn't necessarily a fan of Trump's positions on trade and the tariffs.
14% : Read More Trump celebrates incoming administration while naming and shaming 'disloyal warmongers'He has been a persistent critic of Trump, though he reluctantly endorsed Trump's 2016 candidacy after he received the Republican nomination.
14% : Trump wrote in part: 'Did anyone notice that Fox News went lame (bad!)
12% : CNBC host Joe Kernan ripped Paul Ryan for doing an about-face on Donald Trump and calling for Republican unity during his second termKernan, who is often a pro-Trump voice on the network, appeared to look at Ryan with contemptRyan again deferred, saying he hopes the Democrats sound like that.
9% : 'Former GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan said he believed Donald Trump would not secure the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, saying his 'un-electability will be palpable'Ryan was elected ten times consecutively in Wisconsin's 1st congressional district between 1999 and 2019 before his retirement.
8% : However, Ryan left Congress after Republicans lost the House in 2019 and spoke out in favor of impeachment after January 6, leading Trump to call him a 'pathetic loser.'Absence has not made Trump's heart grow fonder, as the president-elect listed Ryan as one of many former allies he had no interest in hearing from as he puts together his new Cabinet.
8% : Trump slammed Ryan as 'disloyal' in the closing weeks of the 2016 election, after Ryan disavowed his candidacy after a video surfaced from 2005 depicting Trump bragging about groping women.
5% : In his criticism of Fox, Trump said that the network 'won't even talk about an obviously Rigged 2020 Presidential Election, not even a mention.'Trump continued: 'That's why our Country is going to HELL - Elections have consequences.

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