Paul Ryan is moving his family to the city he was always giddy to leave, POLITICO informs.
The former speaker of the House and onetime GOP vice presidential nominee is leaving his longtime home of Janesville, Wis., and will rent a house in the Maryland suburbs of Washington.
“Now in the private sector, Paul and his family are temporarily renting a house in Maryland, and he’ll be spending time there as well as their family home in Janesville,” a Ryan aide told POLITICO.
The move will place the Ryan family close to the sisters of Janna Ryan, the former speaker’s wife, who live in the D.C. area.
Ryan is not selling his family home in Janesville, and his American Idea Foundation will be based in his hometown. But for a man who prided himself on going back to Janesville each weekend, the move is notable.
Ryan studiously avoided putting down roots in Washington during his two decades in Congress, famously sleeping in his office. He consistently made clear that his career was based in the nation’s capital by necessity, not choice, and has worn his Wisconsin pedigree as a point of pride.
In recent months, Ryan has taken pains to detach himself from politics. In the late spring and early summer, he transferred more than $7 million from his political accounts to his nonprofit, the American Idea Foundation. In addition, the former speaker has taken a seat on the board of directors of Fox Corp., the parent company for entities like Fox News, Fox Sports and Fox Television. Ryan is on the compensation committee.
Ryan clashed with President Donald Trump recently after publication of the book “American Carnage,” by POLITICO’s Tim Alberta. “I’m telling you, he didn’t know anything about government,” Ryan said in the book.
Trump lashed out in a series of tweets, calling Ryan “the failed V.P. candidate” and a “lame duck failure.” Trump continued: “They gave me standing O’s in the Great State of Wisconsin, & booed him off the stage.”
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