Monday morning, House speaker Paul Ryan did something that was unthinkable in the context of an ordinary presidential campaign, but inevitable in this one: He told GOP members of the House that he was no longer going to defend Trump in the wake of the leaked tape of Donald Trump lewdly discussing what he’d like to do sexually to a married TV host. Further, Ryan told House members it was up to them individually to decide whether they should back Trump. Ryan later clarified that, for some inexplicable reason, he was still endorsing Trump.