Former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan said this week he plans to write in a GOP candidate for president in November rather than vote for his party’s presumptive nominee, Donald Trump, saying the former president lacks the “character” to lead the nation.
“Not from me,” Ryan told Yahoo Finance when asked Tuesday if he’d vote for Trump this fall. “Character is too important to me, and it’s a job that requires the kind of character he just doesn’t have.”
Ryan said he also wrote in a name for president in the 2020 presidential election.
Ryan, who left office in 2019 and had an often contentious relationship with Trump, last September predicted that in a race between Trump and President Joe Biden, who is seeking a second term this fall, “I think Biden wins.”
Trump and Biden are locked in a neck-and-neck matchup in the battleground state, according to a Marquette Law School poll released last month.
The poll showed 51% of respondents — including both registered and likely voters — backed Trump, while 49% supported Biden, well within the poll’s 4.8% margin of error.
Polling in early November found Biden receiving support from 50% of respondents, compared with 48% for Trump.
With Wisconsin expected to once again be one of a handful of battleground states to play a deciding role in November’s election, Biden and his surrogates continue to make stops in the state.
Biden visited Racine on Wednesday to announce Microsoft Corp.’s plans to expand on its pledge to build a new artificial intelligence hub in southeastern Wisconsin — expanding the company’s investment in the state from an initial $1 billion proposal to a $3.3 billion effort.
Vice President Kamala Harris will make her fourth trip to Wisconsin next week with a stop in Milwaukee.
Trump, meanwhile, made his second trip to the state last week with a rally in Waukesha, where he hammered Biden on issues ranging from the economy to immigration and the nation’s southern border.
Photos: Search through damage underway after storms hit Barnsdall
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Storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Oklahoma State Highway Patrol troopers search storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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An Oklahoma State Highway Patrol trooper searches storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Oklahoma State Highway Patrol troopers search storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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An Oklahoma State Highway Patrol trooper searches storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Oklahoma State Highway Patrol troopers search storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Oklahoma State Highway Patrol troopers search storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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An Oklahoma State Highway Patrol trooper searches storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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People check a tornado damaged home at sunrise Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Lindsey Bradshaw looks for belongings after her R.V. was destroyed by a tornado Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok. Bradshaw lost her home in the April 2024 tornado and was living in an R.V. while trying to rebuild, and this tornado destroyed her R.V.
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Storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Carl Kelley and Jon Reynolds search through Kelley’s mother’s home after it was damaged by a tornado Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Lindsey Bradshaw looks for belongings after her R.V. was destroyed by a tornado Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok. Bradshaw lost her home in the April 2024 tornado and was living in an R.V. while trying to rebuild, and this tornado destroyed her R.V.
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Brian Yazzie helps clean his mother's home after it was damaged by a tornado Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Joy King(left) and her granddaughter Crystal Maxey hug in front of King’s house that was destroyed by a tornado Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok. At right is Tim King, Joy’s husband and Crystal’s grandfather. They were looking for King’s cats and salvaging what items they could.
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Storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Joy King(left) and her granddaughter Crystal Maxey hug in front of King’s house that was destroyed by a tornado Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok. The two were looking for King’s cats and salvaging what items they could.
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Lindsey Bradshaw looks for belongings after her R.V., at right, was destroyed by a tornado Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok. Bradshaw lost her home in the April 2024 tornado and was living in an R.V. while trying to rebuild, and this tornado destroyed her R.V.
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Brian Yazzie helps clean his mother's home after it was damaged by a tornado Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Tim and Joy King looks at their house that was destroyed by a tornado Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Storm damage Tuesday, May 7, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Joe Funk plants an American flag after finding it while helping his grandfather work on his home that was destroyed by a tornado Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Delvern Diller, left, 14, John Horst, 13, and Delbert Horst,15, of Bokoshe, Ok. volunteer to clean up a home destroyed by a tornado Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Jack Miller, standing, prays over volunteers that showed up to help clean up his home that was destroyed by Monday night's tornado Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok. "They're a blessing," Miller said of the volunteers.
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A view out of the window of Jack Miller's home that was destroyed by Monday night's tornado Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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The view from the broken kitchen window in Jack Miller's home that was destroyed by Monday night's tornado Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Gary Long works to salvage what items he can from his home that was destroyed by a tornado Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Joe Funk prepares to plant an American flag after finding it while helping his grandfather work on his home that was destroyed by a tornado Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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A man prepares to start working to cut out family members' belongings from a tornado damaged home Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Joe Funk salvages items from his his grandfather's home that was destroyed by a tornado Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Furniture inside a home destoryed by a tornado reflects the devastation around it Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Joe Funk salvages items from his his grandfather's home that was destroyed by a tornado Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Tornado damage Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear, Principal Chief of the Osage Nation, visits tornado victims Thursday, May 9, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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John Henry Mashunkashey, left, shakes hands with Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear, Principal Chief of the Osage Nation, Mashunkashey's home which was damaged by a tornado Thursday, May 9, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok. Standing Bear stopped to visit him.
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Oklahoma State Highway Patrol troopers searcch Bird Creek by boat for Kenneth Wayne Hogue who has been missing since a tornado hit the area Thursday, May 9, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Oklahoma State Highway Patrol troopers searcch Bird Creek by boat for Kenneth Wayne Hogue who has been missing since a tornado hit the area Thursday, May 9, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Oklahoma State Highway Patrol troopers searcch Bird Creek by boat for Kenneth Wayne Hogue who has been missing since a tornado hit the area Thursday, May 9, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Tornado Damage Thursday, May 9, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Tornado Damage Thursday, May 9, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Tornado Damage Thursday, May 9, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Tornado Damage Thursday, May 9, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Tornado Damage Thursday, May 9, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Tornado Damage Thursday, May 9, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Utility Crews work to restore power after a tornado Thursday, May 9, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Tornado Monday, May 13, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Volunteers with Grind Stone Ministries from Spiro, Ok. work to clean up tornado damage a week later Tuesday, May 14, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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A worker uses heavy equipment to push a tornado debris pile in Barnsdall on Tuesday. Cleanup efforts are ongoing after an EF4 tornado swept through the Osage County town on May 6.
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A week after a tornado much the storm debris has been hauled off Tuesday, May 14, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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An American flag hangs over wreckage a week after a tornado Tuesday, May 14, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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Volunteers with Grind Stone Ministries from Spiro, Ok. work to clean up tornado damage a week later Tuesday, May 14, 2024 in Barnsdall, Ok.
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