Posted on 08/19/2017 10:08:29 PM PDT by Enlightened1
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan advised Republicans to run away from candidate Donald Trump before the election in order to save themselves and hold a future-President Hillary Clinton accountable, Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas revealed in an exclusive video interview with The Daily Caller New Foundation.
“Are you crazy? We haven’t held anyone accountable. You haven’t even let us hold the IRS commissioner accountable [for using government power to harm President Obama’s political adversaries],” an astonished Gohmert said to the speaker on a call.
Gohmert told TheDCNF he speaks so courageously because he wants the party to succeed and is appreciative of the prayers sustaining him. He struggles to find joy as he watches government leaders run from doing what is best for the nation at this critical time.
“We don’t want to go down in history as the generation that was fine with making the future for our kids much worse than we had it,” he said.
Gohmert added “there’s hope” for the future after the Republican disunity on display when Congress sought to repeal Obamacare, “but we have to make our case. We can’t let whoever gives millions of dollars dictate what we’re going to do, and not do, like has been going on.”
Commenting on the aftermath of the Sanders supporter shooting Republicans practicing for a baseball game, he said he was surprised by the Republican reaction, but not the Democrats’ response.
Democrats, he said, refused to acknowledge “the hate we’ve stirred up, the violence we’ve demanded,” but wanted to focus on “the gun.”
Republicans seem inclined to beef up their own protection as public officials, but Gohmert saw that it was guns, used by those trained to use them, that saved lives. Gohmert thinks the Republican leadership needs to step up and allow national reciprocity for concealed carry so people can protect themselves. “Stop forcing us to be sitting ducks,” he said.
Except for the fact that Benedict Arnold once fought for his Country, the vanity parallels between him and Ryan are notable.
Ryan is just biding his time until McConnell can deliver the 19 votes needed for conviction.
That may have been a reasonable hedge at the time. Running from him now is extremely short-sighted.
Yep from his vastly liberal wifey to his leftist in-laws ol Ryno is doing the bidding of his extended family. They are "keeping the home fires burning" and he is burning America down one leftist act at a time.
And Paul Rynos biggest problem is, he has no loyalty to the truth.
I think a couple of feminine napkins would be more fitting for this p(*&y.
Ryan, truly a despicable heir of the Boehner abomination
You know what your problem is? You don’t speak your mind.
Remember the sources that reported what Bannon said about Paul Ryan? Just brutal, it what was very funny and way too vulgar to repost on here.
It’s a lot worse than just Ryan. He is the symptom rather than the cause. Most Republicans are phonies, and I see little hope for the future. If such men were in Philadelphia in 1776, this country would not exist. They would have assisted the British in sending real patriots to the gallows.
DIDN’T like that move and knew it would matter not to Ryan
That leprechaun POS
Arnold helped bring in France on our side. Ryan is 20 million behind McConnell and trying to catch up!
Ryan is working for sainthood..he does not give a damn about our Constitution. When I read Romney pop off it is like he is lying Ryan’s mouthpiece.
Ryan’s true title, “THE BACKSTABBER OF THE HOUSE”
I think it’s the other way around. I think Ryan is Romney’s mouthpiece. Romney is the one who is pulling Ryan’s strings.
Look at his face when he stands next to or behind DJT. His puss tells it all.
He just thought Trump would lose. He was not alone and I am not surprise by this escape hatch from the feared electoral nuclear holocaust.
It’s all about survivability for these political roaches, not about leadership.
Still looking for the lever long enough to get Ryan out of office. I am not optimistic that he will be defeated in his own district so the the lever may be buried in his background. A few million spent on investigators going over his entire life, along with those close to him, might yield what is necessary.
Cannot be posted too often IMHO!
Been said for years a pathogen, toxin or poison infects Washington D.C. It’s virulent and deadly contagious! It causes Democrats to lose their MINDS, and Republicans to lose their SPINES! And ALL to forget who voted to send them there!!! God Bless America!
Leadership skills? NO. Self-preservation skills? yes but even those are failing him.
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