Eric Trump: We don’t need Ryan’s endorsement

Eric Trump, the son of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, said on Wednesday that he doesn’t think the campaign needs the backing of House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).

{mosads}In an interview with Fox News’s “The Kelly File” Wednesday, Trump was asked whether he thinks Ryan’s endorsement is essential for his father.

“Listen, I don’t think so,” he said. “He’s got tens and tens of millions of votes, I mean he’s really run away with this. He has more votes than any Republican in any primary ever. I mean, the guy’s done an incredible job. He really has grown the party, he has brought the party together, for whatever that’s worth.

“And listen, if he doesn’t have the Speaker’s vote, if he doesn’t have his will or whatever it may be, we’ll go on, right, and those people will continue to march behind my father. Would it be nice? Yes. Is the ultimate goal to beat Hillary Clinton? Yes, that’s everybody’s goal.”

“If he doesn’t have it will life go on? Absolutely,” he added.

Ryan said in an interview last week that he is “not ready” to endorse his party’s presumptive nominee. The two are set to meet Thursday.