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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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To: Nachum

Ryan absolutely disgusts me. What a pathetic POS. The man has no shame.


21 posted on 05/24/2016 9:09:53 AM PDT by dragonblustar
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To: catnipman

You are SO right — Robert McDonald is an arrogant, clueless P.O.S. He was on a local talk radio show after he became VA head and wouldn’t answer direct questions and was downright nasty. “Do you know who I am?” “I graduated from West Point”, etc.


22 posted on 05/24/2016 9:12:33 AM PDT by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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23 posted on 05/24/2016 9:12:34 AM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: Nachum
" 'I Don't Know If He Should Resign'"

How about leading by example, you jack wagon.

24 posted on 05/24/2016 9:14:28 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: Nachum

The VA is socialized medicine, and thus should never have existed. Vets should receive money with which to buy insurance.


25 posted on 05/24/2016 9:19:58 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: Nachum

Ryan never served a day in his life, so he just doesn’t get it. That, and he’s a fence sitter waiting to see which way the wind blows. He reminds me of the Clinton years when Bill would wake up and check the polls so he could determine what he thought about an issue.


26 posted on 05/24/2016 9:20:02 AM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: Nachum

“I don’t know if he should resign. If the Saudis bought him, too, I can’t call for that or my funding might get cut off.”


27 posted on 05/24/2016 9:21:00 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Nachum

“He should show empathy”

Typical liberal response. Don’t do anything but show them you “care”.


28 posted on 05/24/2016 9:28:25 AM PDT by anoldafvet (they're not immigrants, they're criminal aliens)
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To: Nachum

What a cheese curd-eating dickhead!


29 posted on 05/24/2016 9:30:15 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (Remember...after the primaries, we better still be on the same team!)
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To: Nachum

Ryan has got to go.


30 posted on 05/24/2016 9:32:41 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: Nachum

As a former CEO McDonald is being exposed as incompetent and causes one to wonder how he was a success in the real world.


31 posted on 05/24/2016 9:33:08 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: Nachum

Yeah, let’s ask Paul Ryan about Veterans.

He was the one trying to take money from military retirement and give it to the Democrats to buy votes with.

He really cares about Veterans.


32 posted on 05/24/2016 9:34:02 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6; Nachum

Tells you all you need to know about Liberal Globalist Ryan.


33 posted on 05/24/2016 9:36:39 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: uncitizen

Memo to Ryan: I don’t know if the VA person should resign but I do know that you should.


34 posted on 05/24/2016 9:40:55 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
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35 posted on 05/24/2016 9:40:57 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Mouton

Trump can come onto this website and see why so many are for him...we have waited so long for someone to fight back.

Ryan needs to be Cantorized.


36 posted on 05/24/2016 9:43:59 AM PDT by RummyChick
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37 posted on 05/24/2016 9:45:55 AM PDT by RummyChick
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38 posted on 05/24/2016 9:46:51 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Nachum

Ryan is a total jerk. I hope he loses in November.


39 posted on 05/24/2016 9:46:59 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (Home of the Free Because of the Brave)
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To: patriotspride

“As a former CEO McDonald is being exposed as incompetent and causes one to wonder how he was a success in the real world.”

He wasn’t a success. After 3 years of poor performance as CEO he was fired by the PG board of directors and replaced by his predecessor. His firing was spun as a “retirement”. Almost immediately he was hired by Obama and confirmed by the Senate. Had the Senate done any real due diligence he would not have been approved. However today’s Senate seems content to rubber stamp the whims of the emperor instead of protecting the people.


40 posted on 05/24/2016 9:47:26 AM PDT by Soul of the South (Tomorrow is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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