Without mentioning frontrunner Trump by name, House Speaker Paul Ryan called for civility.

Ryan pleads for civility, candidates wives take center stage Washington Week with The Atlantic

Premiered March 25, 2016
Ryan pleads for civility, candidates wives take center stage

House Speaker Paul Ryan delivered a plea for civility in the 2016 race this week, but did not mention frontrunner Donald Trump by name, demonstrating the reservation by Republican leaders in Washington to directly take him on. Meanwhile, the war of words between Trump and Ted Cruz escalated again this week when the candidates wives took center stage.

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