Posted on 02/03/2016 1:18:15 PM PST by drewh
House Speaker Paul Ryan kicked off a policy summit at the Heritage Foundation with a clear message for the conservatives who have been his allies over the years but made life hard for former Speaker John Boehner: Please don't revolt, at least not this year.
"The Left would love nothing more, they would love nothing more than for a fragmented conservative movement to stand in a circular firing squad and fire so that progressives can win by default," Ryan said at the 2016 Conservative Policy Summit, hosted by Heritage Action.
Ryan was warmly received at Heritage, but his call for unity included a mild rebuke for the conservatives who have hounded GOP leadership in recent years. He issued it while warning that conservatives may have to ignore some of President Obama's unilateral executive actions, which Ryan described as "distractions" designed to prevent the Republican party from uniting around a conservative agenda.
Ryan urged the Heritage crowd not to "take the bait" when Obama tries to provoke the GOP. In exchange, he promised to spend the next years preparing to push a conservative agenda, including a politically risky plan for entitlement reform, if a Republican wins the presidency in 2017. "I am fine if I lose my seat in 2018 after doing the right thing to save America," Ryan said.
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Paul, don’t be a Uniparty Stooge, oops, too late.
Kick out all the RINOs in Congress, including him.
Paul Ryan: STFU
Paul Ryan is a Nancy Pelosi staffer.
WHAT, SHOULD WE WAIT FOR THE *NEXT* ELECTION????
AGAIN??????????????????????????????
HA!
THROW THE BUMS OUT!
If Ryan has been found to have lined his own pockets instead of resisting the D.C. powergrab, the throw him out too!
Honestly, after four years of Boehner, I’m willing to lay off Paul Ryan at least through the presidential election season. If this election turns out the way we hope it will, maybe it’ll get his attention. If not, there’s always a motion to vacate by a member of the (hopefully larger) House Freedom Caucus.
Wow, what a brilliant political wonk this guy is. /sarc
Effe Ryan, he sucks Soetoro’s balls
Well Paul, when is a good time for you?
He issued it while warning that conservatives may have to ignore some of President Obama’s unilateral executive actions
So he openly states he will let Obama do whatever he wants without fighting back.
Typical.
That's the same argument the Republican Establishment has been using since 2001 when Compassionate Conservative Bush took over. Tell me how you are going to effectively advance conservatism, don't just try to scare me with the tired old "Left will win if we fragment" boogeyman.
The left would love nothing more than for the Republican Speaker of the House to drop to his knees and service all of them after giving them everything they want - oh, wait...
Well, Mr. Ryan, you gonna throw us some bones?
...WHAT, SHOULD WE WAIT FOR THE *NEXT* ELECTION????..
Actually, the one in 2024.
Hey Paul. . . . STFU.
Paul,
Please don’t be a Cheap Labor Express lackey and sell out the citizens.
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