Group ends effort to draft House Speaker Ryan into electionWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group that wanted to draft House Speaker Paul Ryan as a Republican presidential candidate is shutting down, a day after Ryan’s political operation sent the organization a cease-and-desist letter demanding it halt its campaign. In a statement on Friday the Committee to Draft Speaker Ryan said it had become “increasingly clear that the Committee’s efforts, however well intended, could become an unwanted distraction to the Speaker’s current responsibilities.” Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman who was Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential running mate on the Republicans’ 2012 ticket, has said he does not want to run for president this year and disavowed the Draft Ryan group. With establishment Republicans desperately searching for a way to stop real estate businessman and former reality TV personality Donald Trump’s march toward the party’s nomination for the Nov. 8 presidential election, Ryan’s name has been mentioned often as an alternative.  But Ryan’s political operation, in a letter sent Thursday, told the Draft Ryan group it should not be “misleading people into supporting your organization” and warned of legal risk, saying it believed the group’s actions “may constitute fraudulent solicitation of funds.” In its statement Friday, the committee acknowledged that neither Ryan nor his allies had sanctioned the group. “Nor was this, as it was incorrectly described in some media reports, an ‘establishment’ effort to oppose any candidate currently running for President,” the statement said. The effort had been funded by Earle Mack, a former U.S. ambassador to Finland. Mack had told The New York Times that he would spend up to $1 million on the Draft Ryan committee.   The organization had wanted to advance the idea that if the  Republican convention to formally nominate the party’s candidate was contested, “the best person to lead our country would be Speaker Paul Ryan,” the statement said. It said the group had received a “resounding response from around the country” and was confident that if it had stayed in operation, it would have surpassed its goal of collecting 1 million signatures on an online petition to draft Ryan. A spokesman for Ryan said in response to Friday’s announcement that Ryan was grateful for Mack’s “passion.” “He (Mack) cares deeply about the future of our country. Speaker Ryan does too, and that’s why he is focused on advancing a bold policy agenda with his House colleagues to unify our party and turn around our country,” the spokesman said. The Draft Ryan group was only registered with the U.S. Federal Election Commission last week as a Super PAC, an independent political action committee that may raise unlimited sums of money.  (Reporting by Susan Cornwell; Editing by Grant McCool) This article was funded in part by SAP. It was independently created by the Reuters editorial staff. SAP had no editorial involvement in its creation or production.politicsNews
group ends effort draft house speaker ryan electionwashington reuters a group wanted draft house speaker paul ryan republican presidential candidate shutting day ryan political operation sent organization letter demanding halt campaign in statement friday committee draft speaker ryan said become increasingly clear committee efforts however well intended could become unwanted distraction speaker current ryan wisconsin congressman mitt romney running mate republicans ticket said want run president year disallowed draft ryan group with establishment republicans desperately searching way stop real estate businessman former reality tv personality donald trump march toward party nomination presidential election ryan name mentioned often alternative but ryan political operation letter sent thursday told draft ryan group misleading people supporting organization warned legal risk saying believed group actions may constitute fraudulent solicitation in statement friday committee acknowledged neither ryan allies sanctioned group nor incorrectly described media reports establishment effort oppose candidate currently running president statement said the effort funded early mack former ambassador finland mack told the new york times would spend million draft ryan committee the organization wanted advance idea republican convention formally nominate party candidate contested best person lead country would speaker paul ryan statement said it said group received resounding response around country confident stayed operation would surpassed goal collecting million signatures online petition draft ryan a spokesman ryan said response friday announcement ryan grateful mack he mack cares deeply future country speaker ryan focused advancing bold policy agenda house colleagues unify party turn around country spokesman said the draft ryan group registered federal election commission last week super pac independent political action committee may raise unlimited sums money reporting susan cornell editing grant school this article funded part sap it independently created reuters editorial staff sap editorial involvement creation
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Group ends effort to draft House Speaker Ryan into electionWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group that wanted to draft House Speaker Paul Ryan as a Republican presidential candidate is shutting down, a day after Ryan’s political operation sent the organization a cease-and-desist letter demanding it halt its campaign. In a statement on Friday the Committee to Draft Speaker Ryan said it had become “increasingly clear that the Committee’s efforts, however well intended, could become an unwanted distraction to the Speaker’s current responsibilities.” Ryan, a Wisconsin congressman who was Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential running mate on the Republicans’ 2012 ticket, has said he does not want to run for president this year and disavowed the Draft Ryan group. With establishment Republicans desperately searching for a way to stop real estate businessman and former reality TV personality Donald Trump’s march toward the party’s nomination for the Nov. 8 presidential election, Ryan’s name has been mentioned often as an alternative.  But Ryan’s political operation, in a letter sent Thursday, told the Draft Ryan group it should not be “misleading people into supporting your organization” and warned of legal risk, saying it believed the group’s actions “may constitute fraudulent solicitation of funds.” In its statement Friday, the committee acknowledged that neither Ryan nor his allies had sanctioned the group. “Nor was this, as it was incorrectly described in some media reports, an ‘establishment’ effort to oppose any candidate currently running for President,” the statement said. The effort had been funded by Earle Mack, a former U.S. ambassador to Finland. Mack had told The New York Times that he would spend up to $1 million on the Draft Ryan committee.   The organization had wanted to advance the idea that if the  Republican convention to formally nominate the party’s candidate was contested, “the best person to lead our country would be Speaker Paul Ryan,” the statement said. It said the group had received a “resounding response from around the country” and was confident that if it had stayed in operation, it would have surpassed its goal of collecting 1 million signatures on an online petition to draft Ryan. A spokesman for Ryan said in response to Friday’s announcement that Ryan was grateful for Mack’s “passion.” “He (Mack) cares deeply about the future of our country. Speaker Ryan does too, and that’s why he is focused on advancing a bold policy agenda with his House colleagues to unify our party and turn around our country,” the spokesman said. The Draft Ryan group was only registered with the U.S. Federal Election Commission last week as a Super PAC, an independent political action committee that may raise unlimited sums of money.  (Reporting by Susan Cornwell; Editing by Grant McCool) This article was funded in part by SAP. It was independently created by the Reuters editorial staff. SAP had no editorial involvement in its creation or production.politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: group ends effort draft house speaker ryan electionwashington reuters a group wanted draft house speaker paul ryan republican presidential candidate shutting day ryan political operation sent organization letter demanding halt campaign in statement friday committee draft speaker ryan said become increasingly clear committee efforts however well intended could become unwanted distraction speaker current ryan wisconsin congressman mitt romney running mate republicans ticket said want run president year disallowed draft ryan group with establishment republicans desperately searching way stop real estate businessman former reality tv personality donald trump march toward party nomination presidential election ryan name mentioned often alternative but ryan political operation letter sent thursday told draft ryan group misleading people supporting organization warned legal risk saying believed group actions may constitute fraudulent solicitation in statement friday committee acknowledged neither ryan allies sanctioned group nor incorrectly described media reports establishment effort oppose candidate currently running president statement said the effort funded early mack former ambassador finland mack told the new york times would spend million draft ryan committee the organization wanted advance idea republican convention formally nominate party candidate contested best person lead country would speaker paul ryan statement said it said group received resounding response around country confident stayed operation would surpassed goal collecting million signatures online petition draft ryan a spokesman ryan said response friday announcement ryan grateful mack he mack cares deeply future country speaker ryan focused advancing bold policy agenda house colleagues unify party turn around country spokesman said the draft ryan group registered federal election commission last week super pac independent political action committee may raise unlimited sums money reporting susan cornell editing grant school this article funded part sap it independently created reuters editorial staff sap editorial involvement creation