Ryan got the speakership because he had a relatively clean record and was in a very safe district, well it was that way until Trump bullied his way into the presidency, he had no choice but to leave and let his district remain R because he stood a very big chance of getting voted out either by a bagger in the primary or a D in the general, that was a solid R district. Eric Cantor was in a very safe R district then his constituents seemed to find out he was a Jew after 13 years of representing that district and doomed him...