Paul Ryan: No timeline for Donald Trump endorsement decision

GREEN BAY -- U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, the top Republican official to withhold his support from presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump, has no timeline for an endorsement decision.

"Let's not pretend one or two weeks after one of the most divisive primaries we've had in the modern era that everyone is unified," Ryan told reporters Saturday at the Republican state convention in Green Bay. "To pretend to do that and fake it means we go into the fall at half strength."

Ryan and Trump held what the speaker called a "productive" meeting Thursday. Their teams are scheduled to meet again this week about policy positions and election strategy, Ryan said.

Ryan's comments were part of an uneven day for Trump. Five state officials, including Gov. Scott Walker, spoke in the convention's morning session without mentioning Trump's name. Later, two Wisconsin congressmen urged several hundred people in the crowd to vote for the businessman.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson was the focus for many at the convention. Ryan predicted that Johnson, who has endorsed Trump amid his own re-election bid against Russ Feingold, could win his race even if Trump lost Wisconsin.

"Typically, our statewide representatives run ahead of the ticket no matter what the ticket is," Ryan said. "(Johnson) is going to have the biggest statewide vote count of any Republican in this state.

Mitt Romney and Ryan, the GOP's ticket in 2012, lost Wisconsin by seven percentage points. Former Gov. Tommy Thompson, who was running for U.S. Senate that year, lost his race by five points to then-U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin.

Walker said that Wisconsin Republicans should focus "like a laser beam" on Johnson's re-election campaign. Other state officials said voters should avoid choosing likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, but didn't advocate another candidate by name.

U.S. Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner and Sean Duffy explicitly endorsed Trump on Saturday, even though Sensenbrenner voted against Trump in the primary. Duffy didn't say who he voted for on April 5.

"Donald Trump has won our nomination fair and square," Sensenbrenner said. "The time has come to look at what the stakes are."

Trump won Duffy's congressional district, one of only two wins that night.

"You think that any vote other than that for Donald trump doesn’t help Hillary Clinton? You're wrong," Duffy said. "With Ron Johnson, we’re going to continue to make Wisconsin great. And we’re going to make America great with Donald Trump."

There were several Trump supporters at the convention Saturday. One said he didn't blame Ryan for withholding his endorsement from Trump.

"Ryan won’t roll over to Trump, and Trump isn’t going to roll over to Ryan," said Earl Vraa of Pepin County, who wore a Trump hat and a Ryan button. "They have their own ideas, and they’re going to come together, middle of the road."