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Speaker Ryan on VA Secretary: 'I Don't Know If He Should Resign'
cns news ^ | 5/24/16 | Susan Jones

Posted on 05/24/2016 8:40:09 AM PDT by Nachum

(CNSNews.com) - House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday stopped short of calling for Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald to resign over his comments comparing wait times at VA clinics to wait times at amusement parks.

A reporter told Ryan that Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) is calling on McDonald to resign. "Do you think it goes to that level, that he should resign?" the reporter asked Ryan.

"I don't know if he should resign. He should clarify his comments," Ryan said. "He should show some empathy for our veterans that he's supposed to serve. This really is just beyond the pale, a comment like this. It just shows kind of the arrogance of the federal bureaucracy.

"That's why we're working so hard up here to pass veterans legislation, to pass veterans funding."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Missouri; US: New York; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; missouri; newyork; paulryan; rinoryan; robertmcdonald; royblunt; ryan; ryan4obama; ryanmustresign; ryanvsamerica; trump; va; wisconsin
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How about a little righteous indignation, Mr. Speaker?

How about standing up on your hind legs and acting like a man, instead of a suck up?

1 posted on 05/24/2016 8:40:09 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

RINO Coward.


2 posted on 05/24/2016 8:41:07 AM PDT by uncitizen (Europe is gone.)
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To: Nachum

It’s time for RYAN to resign. He is an inept speaker - no leadership, no vision. PC all the way.


3 posted on 05/24/2016 8:42:19 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: Nachum





JOHN BOEHNER: The Very Best DemocRAT Speaker Ever!

4 posted on 05/24/2016 8:45:57 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Nachum

Ryan, you just don’t understand, do you? spit.


5 posted on 05/24/2016 8:46:41 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (JFK Wanted To Send Man To Moon - Obama Wants To Send Man To Ladies Room)
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To: Nachum

“That’s why we’re working so hard up here to pass veterans legislation, to pass veterans funding.”

Ryan’s a P.O.S.

Funding has nothing to do with it. Ryan can pass all the funding he wants, but if the Veteran Affairs funding is administered by an arrogant, clueless P.O.S like Robert McDonald who compares waiting in line to die at the VA hospitals he administers to waiting in line for a Disney ride, then neither he nor Ryan are fit to serve and both should be strung from lamp polls.


6 posted on 05/24/2016 8:47:12 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: uncitizen

Let me help RINO Ryan out.

The VA should resign immediately!


7 posted on 05/24/2016 8:50:37 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: Nachum

He doesn’t know...because he hasn’t been directed what to say or think yet.


8 posted on 05/24/2016 8:51:22 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: tennmountainman

They will just pick another like the last one.


9 posted on 05/24/2016 8:51:37 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Nachum

“When you go to Disney, do they measure the number of hours you wait in line? Or what’s important? What’s important is, what’s your satisfaction with the experience?”

Well Mr. McDonald, when one waits in line at Disney they are not worrying if they will be dead by the time they get on the ride. Maybe he wants veterans to just be satisfied with the anticipation of the great service they won’t be getting.


10 posted on 05/24/2016 8:51:52 AM PDT by Shark24 (.)
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Ryan says this: This really is just beyond the pale, a comment like this. It just shows kind of the arrogance of the federal bureaucracy. but doesn't know if the VA Secretary should resign?

Ryan needs to grow a pair & if he's too far gone to do that, he needs to borrow a pair .... brass is suggested.

11 posted on 05/24/2016 8:52:32 AM PDT by Qiviut (In Islam you have to die for Allah. The God I worship died for me. [Franklin Graham])
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To: Nachum

Can’t wait for Trump to ask him to step down.


12 posted on 05/24/2016 8:52:39 AM PDT by monkeywrench (Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark)
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To: Nachum

This guy Ryan & Romney are one and the same...weak, with no backbone!!! GOP.....dump him...right now!!!


13 posted on 05/24/2016 8:52:47 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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McDonald is a scum sucking POS. He falsely claimed he was in Special Forces.

Another Scum Sucking Stolen Valor POS

14 posted on 05/24/2016 9:01:14 AM PDT by 50mm (Trust nobody and you'll never be disappointed.)
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The puke needs to resign - but the VA guy needs to go too. I’ll bet President Trump will have some ideas about finding a VA guy that is capable of engineering a plan to actually take care of our vets.


15 posted on 05/24/2016 9:03:33 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Nachum

Good grief.

This one is clear cut. If Ryan can’t even see this then he’s even worse than I thought.

Of course, it’s possible he sees it just fine and doesn’t care.

Either way, Ryan is disgusting.


16 posted on 05/24/2016 9:05:46 AM PDT by EternalHope (Something wicked this way comes. Be ready.)
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To: NonValueAdded

Ryan, you just don’t understand, do you? spit.


Nope. He just doesn’t care. Recall a couple years ago when Ryan tried to cut vet pay to fund welfare queens.


17 posted on 05/24/2016 9:06:26 AM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: Nachum

Whatta maroon.


18 posted on 05/24/2016 9:07:26 AM PDT by exit82 (Road Runner sez:" Let's Make America Beeping Great Again! Beep! Beep!")
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To: Nachum

You’re paid to know. Do you bleepin’ job for once.


19 posted on 05/24/2016 9:07:57 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: catnipman

My uncle passed away in a VA hospital on Saturday. I have no doubt Ryan would be singing a different tune if it was his relatives getting poor treatment in the VA.


20 posted on 05/24/2016 9:09:09 AM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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