Speaker of the House Paul Ryan will vote for Trump

House Speaker Paul Ryan will vote for presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, according to The Janesville Gazette.

Ryan’s hometown paper published an opinion piece from the congressman Thursday afternoon in which he announces he’ll be supporting the Republican frontrunner. Ryan said he and Trump have spoken extensively about his vision for the Republican Party.

“Through these conversations, I feel confident [Trump] would help us turn the ideas in this agenda into laws to help improve people's lives. That's why I'll be voting for him this fall,” Ryan, R-Wis., wrote.

Ryan had publicly refrained from endorsing Trump after it became clear he would be the presumptive Republican nominee. He wrote Thursday that he couldn’t announce his support for Trump “before discussing policies and basic principles.”

Last week, Trump’s campaign claimed Ryan was set to publicly endorse him, which Ryan’s office denied.

Ryan wrote in the opinion piece that he did not agree on everything with Trump, and will speak up when the two differ.

“But the reality is, on the issues that make up our agenda, we have more common ground than disagreement,” Ryan wrote. “A Clinton White House would mean four more years of liberal cronyism and a government more out for itself than the people it serves. Quite simply, she represents all that our agenda aims to fix.”

This story was originally published June 2, 2016 at 3:18 PM with the headline "Speaker of the House Paul Ryan will vote for Trump."