President Elect Donald Trump Leads A Unified Republican Government as House and Senate controlled by Republicans.

Paul Ryan: "Donald Trump will lead a unified Republican government"



House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin speaks during a news conference in Janesville, Wisc., Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016.
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Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday celebrated Donald Trump’s shocking White House win and said the president-elect will now lead a “unified Republican government.”

Speaking at a press conference Janesville just hours after Trump declared victory, Ryan said he spoke to Trump twice and said they spoke about the importance of uniting Americans.

“We talked about the work ahead of us and the importance of bringing our country together,” he said. “Donald Trump heard a voice out in our country that no one else heard. He turned politics on its head. Now, Donald Trump will lead a unified Republican government.”

The Wisconsin Republican credited Trump’s “coattails” with delivering GOP victories in the House and Senate, allowing Republicans to keep control of their majorities in both chambers, no small irony, given that for much of the run-up to the election, Republicans running down ballot feared his candidacy would be a drag on their prospects on Election Day.

“Our House majority is bigger than expected. We won more seats than many people expected,” Ryan said. “Much of that is thanks to Donald Trump.” It was, he said, “the most incredible political feat I have seen in my lifetime.”

Ryan said that Trump’s presidential win signals how much Americans want a change in the country’s direction.

“There is no doubt our democracy can be very messy,” he said. “We do remain a sharply divided country. Now as we do every four years, we have to work to heal the divisions of a long campaign...This needs to be a time of redemption, not a time of recrimination.”

Ryan said he already began talking about the transition with Trump -- he said he’s talked with Trump and Mike Pence twice each in the last 18 hours. He expressed confidence that he would work well together with Trump despite the fact that the two didn’t always see eye-to-eye during the campaign.

“We had great conversations about how we work together on the transition,” Ryan said. “I’m very excited about our ability to work together.”

He also said he looks forward to coordinating with Trump on what can be achieved in the lame-duck session of Congress.
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	IN	>99	Evan Bayh	42		52	Todd Young
	KY	100	Jim Gray	43		57	Rand Paul
	SC	100	Thomas Dixon	37		61	Tim Scott
	VT	100	Patrick Leahy	61		33	Scott Milne

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	NC	100	Deborah Ross	45		51	Richard Burr
	OH	100	Ted Strickland	37		58	Rob Portman

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	AL	100	Ron Crumpton	36		64	Richard Shelby
	CT	96	Richard Blumenthal	63		35	Dan Carter
	FL	100	Patrick Murphy	44		52	Marco Rubio
	IL	99	Tammy Duckworth	54		40	Mark Kirk
	MD	>99	Chris Van Hollen	60		36	Kathy Szeliga
	MO	>99	Jason Kander	46		49	Roy Blunt
	NH	100	Maggie Hassan	48		48	Kelly Ayotte
	OK	100	Mike Workman	25		68	James Lankford
	PA	>99	Katie McGinty	47		49	Pat Toomey

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AR

100

Conner Eldridge

36

60

John Boozman

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	AZ	100	Ann Kirkpatrick	41		53	John McCain
	CO	100	Michael Bennet	49		46	Darryl Glenn
	KS	>99	Patrick Wiesner	32		62	Jerry Moran
	LA	100	Foster Campbell	17		25	John Kennedy
	ND	100	Eliot Glassheim	17		79	John Hoeven
	NY	>99	Charles Schumer	70		27	Wendy Long
	SD	100	Jay Williams	28		72	John Thune
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	IA	>99	Patty Judge	36		60	Chuck Grassley
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98

Joe Miller

30

44

Lisa Murkowski

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