Conservative commentator Ann Coulter defended former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) after President Trump appeared to blame Ryan for the lack of a border wall.
“This is not Paul Ryan’s fault. It’s not Mitch McConnell’s fault,” she tweeted. “Trump ran AGAINST the GOP and won. Responsibility is 100% his.”
Coulter has recently criticized the president. On Thursday, she ripped him and the GOP for passing a bill to fund the government that didn’t allocate all of the money Trump wanted to build a wall at the southern border.
Trump declared a national emergency at the border with Mexico at a Friday press conference to receive money for the barrier. This would allow him to reallocate money from other projects.
During the conference, he said of the wall, “I’m very disappointed at certain people, particular one, for not having pushed this faster.”
When a reporter asked him whether he was referring to Ryan, who served as Speaker during the first two years of Trump’s presidency, Trump said, “Let’s not talk about it.”