Donald Trump: When Mitt Romney chose Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate, "that was the end" of Romney's chances to win.

The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Picking Paul Ryan ended Mitt Romney's chances of winning the White House in 2012, Donald Trump says Reflecting on the 2012 presidential campaign, Donald Trump blamed Mitt Romney's loss on his choice of a running mate: Paul Ryan. "That was the end of that campaign, by the way, when they chose Ryan," Trump said Feb. 17, 2016 on the campaign trail in South Carolina. "And I like him. He's a nice person, but that was the end of the campaign." In some quarters, Romney's choice of the Republican congressman from Janesville, who is now speaker of the House, was seen as boosting the GOP nominee's chances. Democrat Barack Obama, of course, defeated the former ... >> More

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