Speaker of the House Paul Ryan expressed hesitation in supporting Donald Trump, citing a need to protect the "party of Lincoln, Reagan, and Jack Kemp." This mention of Kemp prompts the retelling of an unverified political rumor from the 1960s involving Kemp, Ronald Reagan's staff, and a scandal in Lake Tahoe. The rumor is used to explain why Kemp's name might be used as "code" in modern political rhetoric.
