Ryan And McCain Consider Saving Their Own A**es Instead Of Saving America (VIDEO)

After a series of disparaging comments, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attempted to reconcile his disagreements with House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senator John McCain (Ariz.). At a rally in the House Speaker’s home state of Wisconsin, Trump instead tried his hand at encouragement by saying:

“We will have disagreements, but we will disagree as friends and never stop working together toward victory. And very importantly toward real change.” 

While Trump’s about-face is out of character, having refused to even consider endorsing Speaker Ryan or Sen. McCain, I’m not all that surprised enough people whispered in his ear that it’s in his best interests to send an olive branch to the two prominent Republicans.

What I find more amazing is how Speaker Ryan and Sen. McCain are actually considering accepting it.

Politicians are consumed by their political parties, continuing to march to the party stance even if that loyalty means surrendering their values.

Being a good team player shows a willingness to work for a common goal. More importantly, politicians like to consider party allegiances as a sign of what it means to be a good American. Such party commitments seem to have misjudged what’s really important.

After all, does pandering to a political party really make you a good American?

Consequently, by standing alongside Trump, Speaker Ryan and Sen. McCain are giving the impression that they consider themselves Republicans first and Americans second.

I understand turning away from Donald Trump would most definitely alienate a majority of their support, but are the voters who champion Trump really the same people you want in your corner?

People who consider themselves good Americans because of a skin color are not the group I would want associated with my name.

Perhaps the fear of how a possible break from Trump may lead to an ostracizing by some members of their party is making the decision difficult. How will history remember Republicans who decide to stand beside a candidate who converses in Twitter rants of hate?

To Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. John McCain, history remembers those who make the tough decisions.

Those who listen to their conscience in the face of great adversary are memorialized by latter generations. This is a difficult time to be a Republican.  But it’s also a time of a possible restoration. Populist pandering has moved the party so far to the fringe that it’s hard to imagine this was once the party of Dwight D. Eisenhower.

But if Ryan and McCain decide to split from Trump then it won’t matter if the fringe attacks their loyalty to the party. While the fanatics are questioning their allegiance, the rest of us will look at McCain and Ryan as good Americans; Americans who decided to be leaders instead of followers of a prejudiced party nominee.

There is still time for Paul Ryan and John McCain to be the mentors the party needs to confront the radical elements within America and to steer their party away from the abyss brought on by the discourses of fear and hate.

If Speaker Ryan and Sen. McCain turn away from Donald Trump, they will be saying that America is more important than a party affiliation.

So please gentlemen, for the sake of your country, be good Americans and renounce your political candidate. If you do, you lose the respect of a few extremists, but in the end, you will gain the respect from a nation.

Check out this video of Trump doing his flip-flop to endorse Speaker Ryan and Sen. McCain:

https://youtu.be/DvXJC6Xlfc8
Featured Image Colab Of Trump/Ryan and McCain By DonkeyHokey Via Flickr/CC By SA-2.0.

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