Critics on the right

Ryan said he is not bothered by the heavy criticism lobbed at him from some conservative writers and readers on websites such as Breitbart.com.

“Those guys hit me every day,” Ryan said. “I don’t really worry about that stuff. I give you my opinion, I’ll give you what I think, and I just let the chips fall where they may.”

Ryan said he believes some Trump supporters dislike him because of “my views on immigration.”

Ryan said he’s “so used to” angry comments on websites. Ryan said he stopped worrying about it in 2012, when he ran for vice president as Mitt Romney’s running mate.

“When you go national, you get it all. Ever since then, I’ve been kind of used to it. That’s one of the reasons members asked me to do this job, by the way. They knew that the Speaker’s job is kind of a thankless job, where you take it from all sides, and they knew I could handle it, because I had already done that,” Ryan said.

Health care

When questioned about the failed effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), something Republicans vowed to do for nearly seven years, Ryan said he was frustrated with the Senate.