House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., criticized Republicans on Sunday for using identity politics to gin up support among the GOP base, contributing to the increasingly bitter political rhetoric in the country.

“Identity politics is unfortunately working and I think we, as leaders, need to figure out” how to make it stop, he said on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” adding that some Republicans employ the strategy.

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