Posted on 12/29/2016 6:13:10 PM PST by Jyotishi
House Speaker Paul Ryan said that President Barack Obama's actions against Russia should have come much sooner. (Photos: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP; Susan Walsh/AP)
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., thinks the Obama administration was justified in retaliating Thursday against Russia with sanctions for interfering with U.S. institutions. But he said it should've been done long ago.
Far from a full-throated endorsement of Obama's actions, Ryan's statement condemned the commander in chief for eight years of what he considers "ineffective foreign policy" that left the United States more vulnerable than it was when he took office in 2009. Nevertheless, Ryan agreed that Russia is a threat to global security.
"Russia does not share America's interests. In fact, it has consistently sought to undermine them, sowing dangerous instability around the world," Ryan said shortly after the White House announced the punishments. "While today's action by the administration is overdue, it is an appropriate way to end eight years of failed policy with Russia. And it serves as a prime example of this administration's ineffective foreign policy that has left America weaker in the eyes of the world."
Ryan's evenhanded statement is notable because President-elect Donald Trump, with whom he has had a rocky relationship, has repeatedly dismissed the U.S. intelligence community's assessment that the Kremlin interfered in the November election. The U.S. says Russian hackers were behind the cyberattacks that led to massive email leaks from the Democratic National Committee and John Podesta, Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman.
"I think we ought to get on with our lives. I think that computers have complicated lives very greatly. The whole, you know, age of computer has made it where nobody knows exactly what's going on," Trump said Wednesday of the U.S. allegations against Russia.
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Paul Ryan is a yutz.
Ryan should tell the American people the evidence.
He can’t because there is no evidence.
Actually, after seven years and eleven months and a week, it's not an appropriate way to end anything, and it's definitely not an appropriate time. Any action now just muddies the water and puts things in place the Trump administration might not have agreed with.
And if Obama had all this rock solid intelligence he claims, then that intelligence should definitely been passed along the Trump. Hard to believe that any solid intelligence of Russian intervention in the election has been passed along.
Ryan acting an ass again.
He is clueless
And dangerous
What - they spy on us?
Omg why can’t they be moral and ethical like our embassies?
Ryan is an agent or Soros (and thereby Satan).
Paul Ryan, American globalist traitor.
RYAN MUST GO.
I read the report; I am a professional in computer development. THE REPORT WAS VAPID AND ENTIRELY FREE OF CONTENT. There was not a LICK of evidence Russia had anything to do with anything.
AND RYAN JUMPS ABOARD THE OBAMA TRAIN.
HE *MUST NOT BE HOUSE SPEAKER*!!!!
Ryan’s point is that Russia has been doing this for years including 8 years of Obama’s presidency.
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Until the evidence is presented, I will consider this to be just another lie spread for the purpose of undermining President Trump’s plan to defuse hostile relations with Russia. NEVER TRUST PAUL RYAN.
As I’ve been saying, until the CIA briefs Congress, there is no evidence.
‘Bama...he onlyhasone ball,
Kerry, has two but rather small,
McCain’s are shriveled and lame,
and Ryan ha no balls at all.
I always thought Ryan is an agent of Soros since he understands Natural Law Theory very well. He is smart-—until he advocates all the evil, satanic, irrational cr*- which will destroy this Republic. They must have some pictures of him “Spirit Cooking” with little boys and girls.....like they probably have with Rubio, McCain, etc.
The secret societies have been using seduction and bribery into their little system for Hastert-controls, and Ryan would be destroyed long ago, if he wasn’t part of their Hegelian Dialectic.
I guess I misunderstood you then, Sorry.
My opinion is that until we see real evidence from the CIA and the FBI, we don't know that Russia hacked into Hillary's and Podesta's emails.
Hey Ryan, could not the same thing be said about China?
You’re outdated. We’ve moved onto something strange and exciting and you missed the boat.
anyone thing Ryan, McCain, and Graham will start screaming “RUSSIA” every time they can’ think of anything else to say to oppose DJ in the next four years?
Remember Wikileaks 1078645? “He is on board, will retract the invitation to speak. Eyes only.” - from John Podesta, scant days before Ryan withdrew the invitation for Trump to speak at a Republican Party event in Wisconsin.
Ryan needs to resign and go golfing with his ally Obama.
Mr. Ryan is wrong. Surprising that Ryan does not "get it" about what is going on here.... Just because he is powerful does not mean he is smart or that he understands.
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