Ryan was so upset by the January 6 riots that he found himself crying while watching the events on TV.

Ryan told Mark Leibovich that he often did not cry but that something snapped in him.

Ryan spent his entire life in that building. I saw my friends, a lot of cops, some of my old security detail, and I am still friends with a bunch of those guys. I really found it disturbing.

Ryan was a member of the US House of Representatives for 20 years.

Ryan was critical of Trump and other Republicans who were aligned with him.

Both Ryan and Trump have clashed.

Ryan told an audience during a political event in South Carolina that Congressional Republicans didn't have the guts to impeach Trump. Trump called him apathetic loser and weak RINO on his social media platform.

Ryan denounced GOP leaders in his state after they pursued an audit of the results of the 2020 election.

The thing was not rigged. The item was not taken. Donald Trump didn't win. The vice president won the election. Ryan toldWisconsin's ABC affiliate that it's clear.

"Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission" tells the story of how Trump came to dominate the GOP and features interviews from prominent Republican leaders.

Ryan founded the American Idea Foundation.