Donald Trump expressed "disappointment" with GOP leadership Tuesday, slamming Speaker Paul Ryan for being "naïve" or "something worse than that" for disagreeing with Trump's assertion of a rigged election.
Trump made the comments on conservative talk radio host Mike Gallagher's show, saying, "I'm very disappointed in leadership in terms of the Republicans . . . not the people, the people get it."
Trump, citing a report there are 2 million dead people — now 4 million, according to this expert — registered to vote, was indignant Ryan did not agree with his rigged election assessment.
"And Paul Ryan gets up and issues a memo that he disagrees that the election's rigged. Why doesn't he walk over to Philadelphia and St. Louis, or Chicago," Trump told Gallagher.
"And how could he say the election is . . . look, nothing's perfect. But this process is unbelievable. . . . So why would he issue a memo the election's . . . is he naïve? Because that's naivete.
"Or maybe something worse than that. But when you go to Philadelphia where Romney got zero votes, where McCain got zero votes . . . so they're very disappointing," Trump added.
Trump also took umbrage with Sen. John McCain.
"He needed my endorsement when he ran in the primary. I gave it to him, wanting to be a team player," Trump told Gallagher. "I gave him that endorsement. After the primary he unendorsed me . . . I hear he's doing badly after he unendorsed me, and that's his problem.
"There's a great thing going on in the Republican Party, the people are incredible, but the leadership, boy I'll tell ya, I've never seen anything like it in my life."
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