--- title: Donald Trump: Paul Ryan Says He Will Vote for Trump description: Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that he will vote for presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump canonical: https://time.com/4355647/paul-ryan-donald-trump-vote-endorsement/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-02T19:37:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:21:44.380Z article:section: Politics og:title: Paul Ryan Says He Will Vote for Donald Trump og:description: Ryan had said for weeks that he was not yet ready to endorse Trump og:url: https://time.com/4355647/paul-ryan-donald-trump-vote-endorsement/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c54d347e1eb48ba/6988961da988ca26a46b8170/paul-ryan-voting-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: House Speaker Paul Ryan Holds Pen And Pad Briefing With Reporters On Capitol Hill og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Paul Ryan Says He Will Vote for Donald Trump twitter:description: Ryan had said for weeks that he was not yet ready to endorse Trump twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c54d347e1eb48ba/6988961da988ca26a46b8170/paul-ryan-voting-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Paul Ryan Says He Will Vote for Donald Trump  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jun 2, 2016 7:37 PM UTC  U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, speaks at a briefing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on May 25. U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, speaks at a briefing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on May 25.Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jun 2, 2016 7:37 PM UTC Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that [he will vote for presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump](http://www.gazettextra.com/20160602/paul%5Fryan%5Fdonald%5Ftrump%5Fcan%5Fhelp%5Fmake%5Freality%5Fof%5Fbold%5Fhouse%5Fpolicy%5Fagenda), after weeks of declining to officially endorse him. Ryan had previously [said he was not yet ready](http://time.com/4320139/donald-trump-paul-ryan-republican-party/) to endorse Trump, but [in a tweet](https://twitter.com/PRyan/status/738446569331163136) that came soon after likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton began her televised [speech on foreign policy](http://time.com/4354529/hillary-clinton-foreign-policy-speech-donald-trump/?xid=homepage), Ryan said he is “confident” Trump “will help turn the House GOP’s agenda into laws.” In a [column in the _Gazette,_ his hometown newspaper](http://www.gazettextra.com/20160602/paul%5Fryan%5Fdonald%5Ftrump%5Fcan%5Fhelp%5Fmake%5Freality%5Fof%5Fbold%5Fhouse%5Fpolicy%5Fagenda), Ryan elaborated on his policy agenda for the House GOP and said he had needed to discuss those “basic principles” with Trump before offering an endorsement. “Donald Trump and I have talked at great length about things such as the proper role of the executive and fundamental principles such as the protection of life. The [list of potential Supreme Court nominees](http://time.com/4340449/donald-trump-supreme-court-nominee-list/) he released after our first meeting was very encouraging,” Ryan said. “And we’ve talked about how, by focusing on issues that unite Republicans, we can work together to heal the fissures developed through the primary.” Ryan emphasized that the two still have differences, but said they “have more common ground than disagreement.” “Through these conversations, I feel confident he would help us turn the ideas in this agenda into laws to help improve people’s lives,” Ryan said. “That’s why I’ll be voting for him this fall.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4355647/paul-ryan-donald-trump-vote-endorsement/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4355647/paul-ryan-donald-trump-vote-endorsement/"},"headline":"Paul Ryan Says He Will Vote for Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-06-02T19:37:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:21:44.380Z","description":"Ryan had said for weeks that he was not yet ready to endorse Trump","url":"https://time.com/4355647/paul-ryan-donald-trump-vote-endorsement/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Paul Ryan","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c54d347e1eb48ba/6988961da988ca26a46b8170/paul-ryan-voting-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c54d347e1eb48ba/6988961da988ca26a46b8170/paul-ryan-voting-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"House Speaker Paul Ryan Holds Pen And Pad Briefing With Reporters On Capitol Hill","caption":"House Speaker Paul Ryan Holds Pen And Pad Briefing With Reporters On Capitol Hill","creditText":"Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4355647/paul-ryan-donald-trump-vote-endorsement/","name":"Paul Ryan Says He Will Vote for Donald Trump"}}]}] ```