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He was clearly surprised when one voter informed him that it was National Banana Split Day. He put his hands on his hips
-- and apologized for his ignorance. "I don't want to make it melt," he said, nodding to the heaping scoops of ice cream and whipped cream that had arrived moments before he did. Diners at another table offered him a taste of their chicken fingers. Known for keeping a strict, healthy diet, Ryan said the fried food is a favorite meal for his daughter but took a pass, saying, "I don't want to take food off your plate." Sometimes, he praises his opening acts with a casual, best-friend terminology. "Thanks, buddy," Ryan said to Sen. Rand Paul's kind words in Ohio. And when reporters traveling with him were visibly sweating under the searing sun, he took a minute and tossed them bottles of water. At a raucous send-off rally in his Wisconsin hometown, he paused after a few minutes to urge his neighbors to stop standing. "Please, have a seat," he implored the gymnasium of the high school where he played soccer and ran track. "If you have seats, grab them. I don't want to make you stand the whole time." Often, he introduces himself simply. "Hi. I'm Paul," he says. He asks where folks are from. His follow-up, no matter their answer: "Yeah? I'm from Wisconsin." As if they couldn't tell by his low-key Midwestern style.
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