You almost have to be from, or have lived in North Carolina for some period of time, to appreciate the humor in this. But Paul Ryan met with the NC Delegation in Cleveland yesterday to promote party unity in November. I grabbed an excerpt from WRAL's web site.
"How many of you had in your mind, at the beginning of this campaign, perhaps another candidate?" Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, asked the crowd.
When a number of hands shot up showing a large contingent wasn't initially supportive of Donald Trump, Ryan, who himself was slow to embrace the presumptive presidential nominee, said simply, "Fine."
Then, he tried a sports analogy that quickly fell flat.
"OK, how many of you are for N.C. State primarily? How many support North Carolina?" he asked. "One of our teams from our state goes to the championship, we root for them, right?"
When that suggestion was greeted with a resounding "no," Ryan winced. "Come on, work with me here. Good grief," he said.
Read more at
http://www.wral.com/paul-ryan-preaches- ... fiUf4FT.99
