Meet the man who wants to pull an Eric Cantor on Paul Ryan

Published May 16, 2016 4:01am ET



He’s the speaker of the House and was re-elected to a ninth term by Wisconsin’s 1st District with 63 percent of the vote, but now Paul Ryan is under attack from the Right after refusing to back presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and embracing policies that have angered the conservative base.

Paul Nehlen, a water filtration company CEO, has launched a campaign to defeat Ryan in the Badger State’s August 9 GOP primary.

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