Former House Speaker Paul Ryan “found himself sobbing” as he watched supporters of former President Donald Trump assault the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a new book.
Mr. Ryan, who served in Congress for two decades and endorsed Donald Trump for president in 2016, told author Mark Leibovich that he spent his whole adult life in the Capitol and that “something snapped in him” as he followed coverage of the attack.
“I saw my friends, a lot of cops, some of my old security detail — I’m still friends with a bunch of those guys.