Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 At indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates MORE (R-Wis.) on Thursday criticized President Trump's Twitter attack on the co-hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" at his weekly press briefing.

“Obviously, I don’t see that as an appropriate comment," Ryan said when asked about Trump's tweets a few hours earlier.

“What we’re trying to do around here is improve the tone and the civility of the debate. And this obviously doesn’t help do that.”

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Ryan said Congress is doing its job and will continue to focus on keeping its promises to the American people.