--- title: Donald Trump Paul Ryan Riot Suggestions 'Unacceptable' description: Speaker recently Paul Ryan called out Donald Trump, who suggested there would be riots if he was not named the Republican nominee. canonical: https://time.com/4263197/paul-ryan-donald-trump-unacceptable/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-17T17:36:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:00:20.443Z article:section: Politics og:title: Paul Ryan Condemns Donald Trump's Riot Remarks og:description: Donald Trump recently said there would be riots if he was not named as the Republican nominee og:url: https://time.com/4263197/paul-ryan-donald-trump-unacceptable/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta27f3c96a211e9f3/69888b6cbc6cfc56983dc320/paul-ryan-donald-trump-riot-speech-unacceptable.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Paul Ryan Holds Press Briefing At The Capitol og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Paul Ryan Condemns Donald Trump's Riot Remarks twitter:description: Donald Trump recently said there would be riots if he was not named as the Republican nominee twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta27f3c96a211e9f3/69888b6cbc6cfc56983dc320/paul-ryan-donald-trump-riot-speech-unacceptable.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Paul Ryan Condemns Donald Trump's 'Unacceptable' Riot Remarks by [Claire Dann, Alex Moe and Luke Russert / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Claire Dann, Alex Moe and Luke Russert / NBC News Mar 17, 2016 5:36 PM UTC  House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks to the media during his weekly briefing at the U.S. Capitol, March 3, 2016 in Washington, DC. House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks to the media during his weekly briefing at the U.S. Capitol, March 3, 2016 in Washington, DC.Mark Wilson/Getty Images by [Claire Dann, Alex Moe and Luke Russert / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Claire Dann, Alex Moe and Luke Russert / NBC News Mar 17, 2016 5:36 PM UTC 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… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/paul-ryan/paul-ryan-calls-trump-s-riots-comment-unacceptable-n540896?cid=sm%5Ftw&hootPostID=4902ef2e59b720de921913c3a8542825?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4263197/paul-ryan-donald-trump-unacceptable/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4263197/paul-ryan-donald-trump-unacceptable/"},"headline":"Paul Ryan Condemns Donald Trump's 'Unacceptable' Riot Remarks","datePublished":"2016-03-17T17:36:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:00:20.443Z","description":"\"To even address or hint to violence is unacceptable\"","url":"https://time.com/4263197/paul-ryan-donald-trump-unacceptable/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Paul Ryan","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta27f3c96a211e9f3/69888b6cbc6cfc56983dc320/paul-ryan-donald-trump-riot-speech-unacceptable.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Claire Dann, Alex Moe and Luke Russert / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta27f3c96a211e9f3/69888b6cbc6cfc56983dc320/paul-ryan-donald-trump-riot-speech-unacceptable.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Paul Ryan Holds Press Briefing At The Capitol","caption":"House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks to the media during his weekly briefing at the U.S. Capitol, March 3, 2016 in Washington, DC.","creditText":"Mark Wilson/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/4263197/paul-ryan-donald-trump-unacceptable/","name":"Paul Ryan Condemns Donald Trump's 'Unacceptable' Riot Remarks"}}]}] ```