House Speaker Paul Ryan defended his endorsement of Donald Trump at a CNN town hall on Tuesday -- despite his frequent differences with the presumptive GOP nominee.
"It is a binary choice," Ryan said at the event hosted by Jake Tapper. "It is either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. You don't get a third option."
Yet when an audience member asked how Ryan could support a candidate who was "openly racist," Ryan reiterated his stance that opposing Trump amounts to supporting Clinton.
The best chance for conservatives to have their priorities signed into law is with Trump in the White House, Ryan said, pointing to the ability of the next president to nominate Supreme Court justices.
"The next person on the Supreme Court will shape this court probably for a generation," he said.
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