--- title: Donald Trump Judge Comments: Paul Ryan Responds description: Paul Ryan disavowed Donald Trump's accusations of bias against the in the Trump University case due to his 'Mexican heritage.' canonical: https://time.com/4357206/donald-trump-paul-ryan-judge-comment/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-03T20:39:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:23:11.317Z article:section: Politics og:title: Paul Ryan Calls Donald Trump's Attack on Judge 'Out of Left Field' og:description: "It's reasoning I don't relate to" og:url: https://time.com/4357206/donald-trump-paul-ryan-judge-comment/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c9520f732efee8e/69889657f887dc654be9622c/paul-ryan-trump-university-judge-comments.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Speaker Paul Ryan Speaks about Metting with Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Paul Ryan Calls Donald Trump's Attack on Judge 'Out of Left Field' twitter:description: "It's reasoning I don't relate to" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c9520f732efee8e/69889657f887dc654be9622c/paul-ryan-trump-university-judge-comments.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Paul Ryan Calls Donald Trump's Attack on Judge 'Out of Left Field' by [Andrew Rafferty / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Andrew Rafferty / NBC News Jun 3, 2016 8:39 PM UTC  Speaker of the House Paul Ryan holds his weekly press conference and answers questions about his first meeting with Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, USA on May 12, 2016. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan holds his weekly press conference and answers questions about his first meeting with Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, USA on May 12, 2016.Samuel Corum—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images by [Andrew Rafferty / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Andrew Rafferty / NBC News Jun 3, 2016 8:39 PM UTC One day after endorsing Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan disavowed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s accusations of bias against the judge in the Trump University case because of his “Mexican heritage.” Ryan told WISN’s “Up Front with Vicki McKenna” on Friday that the comment was “out of left field.” “It’s reasoning I don’t relate to. I completely disagree with the thinking behind that,” Ryan said. And in an interview with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Friday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Trump should be doing more to unite Republicans. Though McConnell said he was unfamiliar with Trump’s comments about… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/paul-ryan-disavows-trump-s-attack-judge-s-mexican-heritage-n585396?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002) Donald Trump Judge Comments: Paul Ryan Responds ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4357206/donald-trump-paul-ryan-judge-comment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4357206/donald-trump-paul-ryan-judge-comment/"},"headline":"Paul Ryan Calls Donald Trump's Attack on Judge 'Out of Left Field'","datePublished":"2016-06-03T20:39:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:23:11.317Z","description":"\"It's reasoning I don't relate to\"","url":"https://time.com/4357206/donald-trump-paul-ryan-judge-comment/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c9520f732efee8e/69889657f887dc654be9622c/paul-ryan-trump-university-judge-comments.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Andrew Rafferty / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c9520f732efee8e/69889657f887dc654be9622c/paul-ryan-trump-university-judge-comments.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Speaker Paul Ryan Speaks about Metting with Trump","caption":"Speaker of the House Paul Ryan holds his weekly press conference and answers questions about his first meeting with Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, USA on May 12, 2016.","creditText":"Samuel Corum—Anadolu Agency/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/4357206/donald-trump-paul-ryan-judge-comment/","name":"Paul Ryan Calls Donald Trump's Attack on Judge 'Out of Left Field'"}}]}] ```