--- description: Sarah Palin said she will support a primary challenger to House Speaker Paul Ryan over his opposition to Donald Trump title: Sarah Palin Will Work to Defeat Paul Ryan for His Trump Stance image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba625b9b8f3ed1b9/69889258f887dc390de95c4b/sarah-palin.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sarah Palin Will Work to Defeat Paul Ryan for His Donald Trump Stance by [Dan Hirschhorn](/author/dan-hirschhorn/) ## Dan Hirschhorn Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 8, 2016 1:19 PM CUT  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks before Trump arrives at a campaign event in Tampa, Fla., on March 14, 2016. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks before Trump arrives at a campaign event in Tampa, Fla., on March 14, 2016.Gerald Herbert—AP by [Dan Hirschhorn](/author/dan-hirschhorn/) ## Dan Hirschhorn Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 8, 2016 1:19 PM CUT Sarah Palin [said in a new interview](http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/08/politics/sarah-palin-paul-ryan-paul-nehlen-endorsement/ "undefined") that she will support [a primary challenger](http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/05/07/ryan-challenger-paul-nehlen-he-has-betrayed-us-all/ "undefined") to House Speaker Paul Ryan, arguing that the Republican leader has “disrespected the will of the people” by [refusing to back presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump](http://time.com/4320139/donald-trump-paul-ryan-republican-party/ "undefined"). “I think Paul Ryan is soon to be ‘Cantored,’ as in Eric Cantor,” Palin, referring the the 2014 upset of the former House Majority Leader, said in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper airing Sunday. Ryan said this week that he’s not ready to support Trump yet. “Conservatives want to know does he share our values,” he said. “There are lots of questions that conservatives are going to want answers to.” That announcement, which was seen as giving cover to other House Republicans to distance themselves from Trump, was only one of several by high-profile party leaders this week that illustrated the depths of the distrust between the GOP elite and their presumptive nominee. “His political career is over but for a miracle because he has so disrespected the will of the people, and as the leader of the GOP, the convention, certainly he is to remain neutral, and for him to already come out and say who he will not support is not a wise decision of his,” Palin said. She promised to do “whatever I can” can for Paul Nehlen, a Wisconsin businessman challenging Ryan. Pressed during the interview on Trump’s previous remarks that Mexican immigrants are rapists and that Muslims should be temporarily banned from entering the country, Palin said: “Who cares?” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4322252/sarah-palin-paul-ryan-donald-trump-cnn-jake-tapper/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4322252/sarah-palin-paul-ryan-donald-trump-cnn-jake-tapper/"},"headline":"Sarah Palin Will Work to Defeat Paul Ryan for His Donald Trump Stance","datePublished":"2016-05-08T13:19:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:35:31.457Z","description":"\"His political career is over\"","url":"https://time.com/4322252/sarah-palin-paul-ryan-donald-trump-cnn-jake-tapper/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba625b9b8f3ed1b9/69889258f887dc390de95c4b/sarah-palin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Hirschhorn","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/dan-hirschhorn/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba625b9b8f3ed1b9/69889258f887dc390de95c4b/sarah-palin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Former Alaska Gov. 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