“President Obama clearly cannot run on his record. All he's offering is more of the same. That's not good. Look at the economy. It's stagnating. And so, what they're now going to try and do is bring this campaign down to little things, distractions, distortions, smear, fear, anger, frustration.”

American former politician

Paul Davis Ryan is an American former politician. He served as the 54th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019, and represented Wisconsin's 1st congressional district from 1999 to 2019. A Republican, he was also his party's vice presidential nominee in the 2012 presidential election, running alongside Mitt Romney. He is known for his long tenure in Congress and for holding one of the highest offices in the House.