Paul Ryan supports a Trump budget he hasn’t even read

Published May 23, 2017 4:36pm ET



Asked about White House budget forecasts of 3 percent growth, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan took the last refuge of a panicked lawmaker. Even though Ryan is plugging Trump’s budget proposal, he told reporters that he hasn’t read the document.

“I haven’t seen the details yet,” Ryan dodged during a Tuesday press conference, pivoting quickly to the fact that it’s helpful to finally have a president focused on “faster economic growth.” But the Wisconsin budget whiz knows better. Everyone does.

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