John Boehner backs Paul Ryan for president, calls Ted Cruz 'Lucifer'

As House speaker, Ryan will preside over the GOP convention in Cleveland in July and has avoided weighing in on the developments in the national race. But Ryan repeated his call for Trump and other political candidates to tone down the heated rhetoric

Here is the scenario: First, if Sen. Marco Rubio loses his home state of Florida to Donald Trump and Gov. John Kasich loses his home state of Ohio, then the fat lady has sung, the barn door is closed, that's all she wrote, Trump wins the Republican

PaulRyan Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference March 3. He wants the House to support a Supreme Court challenge to the president's immigration orders. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images.

PaulRyan Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference March 3. He wants the House to support a Supreme Court challenge to the president's immigration orders. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images.

The pro-immigration faction now plans to push GOP members to reject Ryan's plan by voting no to the resolution, ending the growing controversy before it can even be formally heard by the court. The group penned a letter to Ryan and other Republican