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Americans’ Dissatisfaction With Speaker Paul Ryan, Congress Overall Is Growing, Poll Finds
The Wall Street Journal ^ | April 24,2017 | By Rebecca Ballhaus

Posted on 04/25/2017 9:00:06 AM PDT by Hojczyk

Americans hold dim views of Congress and of House Speaker Paul Ryan, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds, with favorable opinions declining since February.

Nearly three-quarters of Americans disapprove of Congress’s job performance, up 12 percentage points since February, the poll found. Just one-fifth said they approve of the job Congress is doing, a drop of 9 points.

Mr. Ryan (R., Wis.) is one focus of growing dissatisfaction, with 40% saying they view the House speaker negatively, compared with 22% who had a positive view—an 18-point gap. In February, unfavorable opinions outweighed positive ones by just 1 point.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: backstabberryan; benedictryan; congress; housespeaker; nevertrustryan; paulryan; romneyagenda; ryan
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1 posted on 04/25/2017 9:00:06 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Paul Ryan and his band of Uniparty eunuchs are doing everything they can to keep the status quo going and deliver what their masters want.
Keep the borders open and the laws unenforced.


2 posted on 04/25/2017 9:04:37 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Hojczyk

I didn’t particularly like him when he was VP candidate, and my opinion of him fell when he became speaker and shepherded through a massive spending bill for Obama, disallowing amendments. He is a PoliticalWhore at best, and I believe he’d sell his kids for a $100 donation and 5 words of good Press.


3 posted on 04/25/2017 9:04:40 AM PDT by theDentist ( qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: Hojczyk

Get rid of Ryan as Speaker.

He is holding Trump’s agenda back. Plus he is a backstabbing SOB.


4 posted on 04/25/2017 9:05:41 AM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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To: Hojczyk

Finance the Wall/Fence and heavy patrols of same....


5 posted on 04/25/2017 9:05:58 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Lurkinanloomin

And keep Fedzilla in charge of all health care and medical records.
Obamacare and all of its attending federal agencies are not going anywhere even if they pass a rearrange and rename bill.


6 posted on 04/25/2017 9:06:37 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Hojczyk

Everyone should be totally satisfied with a bunch of do nothing impotent faggots.


7 posted on 04/25/2017 9:07:42 AM PDT by chris37 (Donald J. Trump, Tom Brady, The Patriots... American Destiny!)
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To: Hojczyk

I found this article also this morning...

RINO RYAN is NOT liked, and I don’t see how he’s going to maintain his position, and I think, IMHO, that the State of Wisconsin best wake up:

House Speaker Paul Ryan is losing support among Americans from both political parties.

From The Wall Street Journal:

Americans hold dim views of Congress and of House Speaker Paul Ryan, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds, with favorable opinions declining since February.

Nearly three-quarters of Americans disapprove of Congress’s job performance, up 12 percentage points since February, the poll found. Just one-fifth said they approve of the job Congress is doing, a drop of 9 points.

The findings mark a return to recent norms in views of Congress, after a slight uptick in approval of lawmakers in February. With 20% approving of Congress, its rating is still slightly higher than in most months since May 2011.

Mr. Ryan (R., Wis.) is one focus of growing dissatisfaction, with 40% saying they view the House speaker negatively, compared with 22% who had a positive view—an 18-point gap. In February, unfavorable opinions outweighed positive ones by just 1 point.

The negative reviews come after a period in which House Republicans tried and failed to pass legislation to repeal most of the Affordable Care Act—a core element of the Republican platform. Mr. Ryan, who became the face of the bill in Congress, was forced to cancel a vote on the legislation after concluding it didn’t have the necessary votes. Talks continue among House Republicans to revive the bill.

Mr. Ryan, long considered a rising star in the GOP, saw his ratings drop among Republicans polled. Positive views of the speaker outweighed negative views in the latest survey by 23 points among Republicans—down from 49 points two months ago.

A shift among Republicans also helped account for the declining approval of Congress. In the new survey, 58% of Republicans polled disapproved of the job lawmakers are doing, and 31% approved. In February, the share approving and disapproving had been about even.

Republicans have stood by President Donald Trump more than they have Mr. Ryan. While Mr. Trump’s job approval declined from February, views among his own party dropped only slightly.

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8 posted on 04/25/2017 9:08:03 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ( "The Force Awakens!!!"...Trump and Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: Hojczyk

Lyin’ Ryan thinks he’s in the catbird seat. He wants to out Trump TRUMP.

Ain’t gonna happen.
President Trump will prevail and Ryan will get his comeuppance.

Hopefully SOON.


9 posted on 04/25/2017 9:08:38 AM PDT by weston (SO HERE'S THE STORY: As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing!)
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To: Hojczyk

Get rid of this piece of real dung. What in the hell does the Republican House waiting for. No wonder the Republican in the House are worthless crap. Get rid of them all when they come up for reelection.


10 posted on 04/25/2017 9:08:48 AM PDT by Logical me
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The House GOPe is just Sofa King stupid.

There's one thing the Republican Congress could do to improve their favorability: start energetically implementing President Trump's campaign agenda.

They're going to be cutting their own throats if they don't...

11 posted on 04/25/2017 9:08:55 AM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: Logical me

The handwriting was on the wall when Ryan threw away the Devos signing pen and winked when he did it. Of course, the wink could have been about something else..but it coincided with tossing away the signing pen in a dismissive way.

He is going to block Trump every chance he gets.


12 posted on 04/25/2017 9:12:47 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: sargon
The House GOPe is just Sofa King stupid.

There's one thing the Republican Congress could do to improve their favorability: start energetically implementing President Trump's campaign agenda.

They're going to be cutting their own throats if they don't...

Exactly! The turd, Ryan and the GOPe are doing their best to help the democrat party in the 2018 elections. I wouldn't doubt if this is the plan and being done all on purpose to slow down President Trump's agenda for the next few years.

President Trump needs to call these turds out and/or flush them down the swamp. These GOPe traitors need to go!

CGato

13 posted on 04/25/2017 9:17:25 AM PDT by Conservative Gato (There are NOW 4 kind of LIES; Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and the Media.)
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To: Hojczyk

Congress and senate good old boy club needs to be purged for new blood who are statesmen not whats in it for me logic it’s been going on far to long.
Just tell them what they want to hear is not working anymore scams exposed for the club members.


14 posted on 04/25/2017 9:18:50 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: RummyChick
He is going to block Trump every chance he gets.

TRUMP has to wake up and move the House to dump Ryan. NOW, NOT LATER, BUT NOW!

15 posted on 04/25/2017 9:21:35 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: Hojczyk
TWO OF A KIND!

BIRDS OF A FEATHER!
'Nuff Said!


16 posted on 04/25/2017 9:22:04 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: Hojczyk

I don’t see any move to remove and replace him. Doesn’t seem like there’s a line of people ready to take on a no win job.


17 posted on 04/25/2017 9:24:39 AM PDT by joesbucks
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To: Fiddlstix

STFU RINO Ryan!


18 posted on 04/25/2017 9:25:38 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: Hojczyk

This is the moment when Paul Ryan realizes his days as Speaker are numbered;

John (The Verklempt) Boehner is being interviewed by Andrea Mitchell; “Well Andrea, the rumors are true. I AM throwing my hat into the ring. I want my job back, and polls show that the conservative American people want me back too!!”


19 posted on 04/25/2017 9:27:05 AM PDT by lee martell
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Oddly, the demise of Bill O’Reilly @ Faux News is accentuating Cong Ryan’s disloyalty to Trump in a roundabout way- more people are now watching Lou Dobbs (possibly millions more) the only other commentator worth watching on Fox, and Dobbs is on a Holy Jihad against Ryan- deservedly.


20 posted on 04/25/2017 9:43:26 AM PDT by matthew fuller (The first amendment does NOT legalize the right to riot.)
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