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[[File:Nehlen Dumptruck.png|thumbnail|right|300px|Dump Ryan campaign from Paul Nehlen]]
[[File:Nehlen Dumptruck.png|thumbnail|right|300px|Dump Ryan campaign from Paul Nehlen]]
Nehlen's congressional platform called for secure borders, enforcement of existing immigration laws, and reduced government spending. He opposed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paulnehlen.com/nehlen-issues/|title=Issues|website=Paul Nehlen|last1=Nehlen|first1=Paul|accessdate=July 10, 2016}}</ref> Despite the national attention focused on his campaign, Nehlen was overpowered by Ryan's $5 million war chest. Nehlen spent some of his own money in the primary. He was once a supporter of, and donor to, Ryan.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/03/big-spender-pro-amnesty-speaker-paul-ryan-gets-primary-challenge-local-businessman/ Big Spending, Pro-Amnesty, Pro-TPP Speaker Paul Ryan Gets Primary Challenge from Local Businessman, Gateway Pundit, March 30, 2016]</ref>
Nehlen's congressional platform called for secure borders, enforcement of existing immigration laws, and reduced government spending. He opposed to the [[Trans-Pacific Partnership]] Treaty.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paulnehlen.com/nehlen-issues/|title=Issues|website=Paul Nehlen|last1=Nehlen|first1=Paul|accessdate=July 10, 2016}}</ref> Despite the national attention focused on his campaign, Nehlen was overpowered by Ryan's $5 million war chest. Nehlen spent some of his own money in the primary. He was once a supporter of, and donor to, Ryan.<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/03/big-spender-pro-amnesty-speaker-paul-ryan-gets-primary-challenge-local-businessman/ Big Spending, Pro-Amnesty, Pro-TPP Speaker Paul Ryan Gets Primary Challenge from Local Businessman, Gateway Pundit, March 30, 2016]</ref>
{{cquote|Paul Ryan’s embrace of big government spending, his continued support of [[illegal immigration]] and imported workers, and his championing of the job-killing trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership betrays me, this district, and this nation.”
{{cquote|Paul Ryan’s embrace of big government spending, his continued support of [[illegal immigration]] and imported workers, and his championing of the job-killing trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership betrays me, this district, and this nation.”