STUFF BECAUSE WE'RE ALL GOING TO NEED THICKER STIN BECAUSE...
DONALD TRUMP.
NOW THAT TRUMP IS THE PRESUMPTIVE G.O.P. NOMINEE, HIS
FELLOW REPUBLICANS ARE SLOWLY GETTING BEHIND HIM, THOUGH SOME
OF THEM MIGHT BE BACK THERE TO PUSH HIM DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS
BECAUSE WHILE HE'S GOTTEN SUPPORT FROM SOME PARTY LEADERS
LIKE G.O.P. SENATE LEADER MITCH McCONNELL, R.N.C. CHAIRMAN
REINCE PRIEBUS, AND SUPREME LEADER SMOKE.
BUT NOT EVERYBODY HAS LOVE FOR THE TRUMP.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE GEORGES BUSH HAVE REFUSED TO ENDORSE TRUMP.
ALSO FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR AND FORMER MITT ROMNEY,
MITT ROMNEY.
BUT OTHER REPUBLICANS ARE CONFLICTED.
>> REPUBLICANS LIKE NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATOR KELLY AYOTTE
SAY THEY'LL SUPPORT THE NOMINEE BUT WILL NOT ENDORSE HIM.
>> Stephen: YES, SUPPORT BUT NOT ENDORSE.
SHE'S HOLDING MULTIPLE POSITIONS AT ONCE.
SHE'S IN SOME SORT OF POLITICAL QUANTUM STATE.
IT'S LIKE SHRODINGER'S CAT, EXCEPT SHE'D RATHER ENDORSE A
DEAD CAT THAN DONALD TRUMP.
( APPLAUSE ).
( CHEERS ) BUT THE ENDORSEMENT-- EVERYBODY
KNOWS PEOPLE LOVE QUANTUM PHYSICS JOKES.
BUT THE ENDORSEMENT DONALD TRUMP REALLY NEEDS IS FROM SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE AND MAN WHO TRULY BELIEVES THAT HE'S SMILING, PAUL
RYAN.
RYAN, RIGHT HERE IS THE...
RYAN IS THE HIGHEST RANKING REPUBLICAN AND WILL BE CHAIRMAN
OF THE G.O.P. CONVENTION SO, NATURALLY, LAST WEEK HE GAVE HIS
PARTY'S NOMINEE HIS FULL "CAN I GET BACK TO YOU?"
>> YOU HAVE SAID THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.
NOW YOU HAVE A NOMINEE, DONALD TRUMP.
WILL YOU SUPPORT HIM?
>> WELL, TO BE PERFECTLY CANDID WITH YOU, JAKE, I'M JUST NOT
READY TO DO THAT AT THIS POINT.
I AM NOT THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND I HOPE TO, THOUGH.
AND I WANT TO.
>> Stephen: YEAH, HE'S NOT THERE RIGHT NOW, HE JUST NEEDS A
LITTLE MORE TIME.
ONE ASSUMES TO FILL OUT HIS PROFILE ON MAPLE MATCH.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) OKAY, NOW, TO TRY AND WORK OUT
THEIR DIFFERENCES, TRUMP AND RYAN HAVE SCHEDULED A MEETING
THIS THURSDAY.
BUT BEFORE THEY DO, TRUMP IS SENDING IN HIS MOST DYNAMIC
SURROGATE TO WIN PAUL RYAN OVER: BEN CARSON.
MAKES SENSE.
NOBODY CAN STAY MAD AROUND BEN CARSON.
OR STAY AWAKE.
HE'S LIKE A TRANQ DART YOU USE TO SEDATE A RHINO BEFORE YOU ASK
THE RHINO TO ENDORSE DONALD TRUMP.
BUT CARSON CAN BE VERY PERSUASIVE.
HE'S DONALD TRUMP'S NUMBER ONE HYPE MAN.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: FOUR, FOUR.
I CAN JUST THE CHANTING AT THE RALLIES NOW: "ONLY FOUR YEARS!
ONLY FOUR YEARS!" THEY WERE ACTUALLY CHANTING IT.
SO ARE YOU THERE YET, SPEAKER?
>> I AM NOT THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND I HOPE TO, THOUGH.
AND I WANT TO.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND.
THIS IS A BIG DECISION.
SPEAKER RYAN MAY NOT BE READY TO SUPPORT TRUMP RIGHT NOW, BUT
SOMEDAY HE HOPES TO AND WANTS TO.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE HIM A LITTLE ADVICE.
HEY, PAUL.
IT'S ME, STEVE.
I KNOW YOU'RE UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE RIGHT NOW TO ENDORSE
TRUMP.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY, IT'S OKAY TO TAKE IT SLOW.
JUST BECAUSE ALL THE COOL PEOPLE LIKE BEN CARSON ARE DOING IT
DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO.
YOU WANT THE FIRST TIME YOU ENDORSE DONALD TRUMP TO BE
SPECIAL.
I MEAN, LOOK AT CHRIS CHRISTIE.
HE RUSHED RIGHT INTO ENDORSE, AND NOW EVERYWHERE HE GOES IS A
WALK OF SHAME.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) DON'T WORRY.
BUT DON'T WORRY, PAUL.
WHEN YOU DECIDE THE TIME IS FINALLY RIGHT FOR YOU TO ENDORSE
TRUMP, IT'LL ONLY LAST A MINUTE.
JUST-- JUST SHUT YOUR EYES AND THINK OF REAGAN.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, UNTIL THEN, I KNOW YOU'RE A YOUNG, VITAL
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
YOU HAVE NEEDS.
SO UNTIL YOU'RE COMPLETELY READY, MAYBE IT'S BEST IF YOU
JUST STAY HOME AND ENDORSE YOURSELF.