Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) will deliver a speech on Capitol Hill on Wednesday about the "state of American politics."
Ryan's office did not offer details about the contents of the speech or say if it will be related to the presidential race.
Ryan's office did not offer details about the contents of the speech or say if it will be related to the presidential race.
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The Speaker has weighed in on the contentious GOP presidential primary on a few strategic occasions. Without explicitly mentioning Donald Trump by name, Ryan has condemned the front-runner's call for banning Muslims from entering the country and failure to immediately disavow support from the Ku Klux Klan, and he urged Trump to take responsibility for the violent tenor at some of his campaign rallies.
The Speaker has been floated as a possible unity candidate for Republicans if the party faces a contested convention this summer. Ryan, however, has repeatedly shot down the notion that he could become his party's presidential standard-bearer instead of one of the candidates running official campaigns.
Nonetheless, Tuesday's announcement that he will deliver the speech immediately fueled facetious speculation among some political commentators on Twitter that Ryan will announce he's running for president.
"You guys are funny," Ryan spokesman Brendan Buck tweeted.
The 11 a.m. address will take place in the House Ways and Means Committee room, the panel that Ryan chaired until he was recruited to replace former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) last year.
It will be open only to members of the media and House interns.
The Speaker has been floated as a possible unity candidate for Republicans if the party faces a contested convention this summer. Ryan, however, has repeatedly shot down the notion that he could become his party's presidential standard-bearer instead of one of the candidates running official campaigns.
Nonetheless, Tuesday's announcement that he will deliver the speech immediately fueled facetious speculation among some political commentators on Twitter that Ryan will announce he's running for president.
"You guys are funny," Ryan spokesman Brendan Buck tweeted.
The 11 a.m. address will take place in the House Ways and Means Committee room, the panel that Ryan chaired until he was recruited to replace former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) last year.
It will be open only to members of the media and House interns.
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