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Paul Ryan Condemns Donald Trump’s ‘Unacceptable’ Riot Remarks

"To even address or hint to violence is unacceptable"

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House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday said that it was “unacceptable” for Donald Trump to suggest there would be rioting if he is not chosen as the Republican nominee.

“Nobody should say such things in my opinion because to even address or hint to violence is unacceptable,” he told reporters on Capitol Hill.

On Wednesday, Trump said on CNN that if he does not win the GOP nomination at the convention in July: “I think you’d have riots. I’m representing a tremendous many, many millions of people.”

For the first time, Ryan, who will be the chairman of the convention…

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