Boehner trying to throw him into the fray.
Via NBC:
House Speaker Paul Ryan will not accept the presidential nomination of the Republican Party if GOP leaders seek him as a savior candidate amid a contested convention this summer, an aide said Wednesday.
“The speaker is grateful for the support, but he is not interested. He will not accept a nomination and believes our nominee should be someone who ran this year,” spokeswoman AshLee Strong said.
The statement comes after an avalanche of speculation about Ryan as a possible compromise candidate for GOP establishment leaders concerned about Donald Trump’s march to the party nod.
Those Republicans hope that Ryan, who reversed course last year by refusing and then accepting the House Speakership, might again be open to reluctantly accepting a high-profile leadership role for the good of the party.