Manafort misspeaks on Ryan: 'I'm going to be supporting him as a candidate for president, too'

Donald Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, accidentally endorsed Paul Ryan for president on Thursday.

"Look. I support the speaker and I know after next week, I'm supporting him as a candidate for president, too," Manafort said on "CBS This Morning," before quickly correcting himself amid laughter during a discussion about the Republican presidential nominee's refusal to outright endorse the House speaker in his primary against Paul Nehlen on Tuesday.


Co-host Norah O'Donnell remarked, "Oh, there is talk about that!"

"Please talk into the microphone," co-host Gayle King added.

The other co-host, Charlie Rose, asked, "So Donald Trump is getting out of the election and Paul Ryan is jumping in?"

"There is that rumor, Paul Manafort that he is getting out," King said, referring to reports about Republican officials planning for the contingency of Trump deciding to leave the race.

Manafort laughed, "Started another rumor."

"What will it take for him to endorse Paul Ryan?" she asked.

Manafort responded that Trump "is going to support Paul Ryan."

"He does support Paul Ryan. He said he is going to work with Paul Ryan. So there is no issue about that," Manafort said. "He didn't take a position in the primary. He's not taking a position in many primaries. That's not the news. The news is the two of them working together to elect Republican Congress and a Republican president, and I think you're going to see that."

As the interview wrapped, the discussion turned back to Manafort's previous verbal slip-up.

Before taking a sip from his coffee mug, Manafort chuckled, "I'm going to get in trouble on that one."