Bannon adviser: Ryan challenger Paul Nehlen is 'dead to us' after inflammatory tweets

CNN ^ | December 27, 2017 | Oliver Darcy

[Pinkbell]

When Paul Nehlen ran in 2016, I supported him on here. He ran on Trump's platform as an anti-establishment candidate. He pledged to work with Trump. Juxtapose that with Paul Ryan who refused to even endorse him and planned for a President Hillary. Many pro-Trump people supported him including Breitbart.

Unfortunately, he has become radicalized by these alt-right folks online. He's become obsessed with Jews and white identity politics. His Twitter feed reads like that of an alt-right troll, not that of a person who wants to campaign against a person two heartbeats away from the Presidency. Breitbart indicates they are backing away, although we don't have a formal statement from Bannon yet. I've seen many others back away recently.

I'm not a big fan of Paul Ryan, but at least he has gotten things through the House (many things are held up in the Senate). He's also a viable candidate. If Paul Ryan hadn't have gotten anything through and Nehlen had stayed the same as he was in 2016, he'd have gotten a lot of support. Paul Ryan has, though, and even if Nehlen managed to beat him in the primary, he'd go down like a rock in the general.

[Alberta's Child]

When Paul Ryan smoked Nehlan in the GOP primary, everyone here on FR who is not a fan of Ryan should have gotten a reality check and realized that many of these establishment Republicans aren’t nearly as unpopular with their constituents as you’d believe if you only read FreeRepublic posts all day.

[Az Joe]

It is okay to be White.

[Reno89519]

Nehlen has turned out to be totally unsupportable, maybe there to ensure Ryan wins.

[Karl Spooner]

It’s not okay to be white?

[Reily]

Removing Ryan can only be done indirectly. Face it his Congressional constituents love him! It’s a fools errand to go after his seat. Get enough anti-Ryan Pro-Trump Congresscritters elected to take away his speakership, that’s all you really need to do. His home constituents might then fall out of love with him. Then go after him directly but then ‘why bother?’.

[Texan5]

It sounds like Nehlen went from being anti-establishment to being a loose cannon for some reason.

[rrrod]

Wise words

[fortheDeclaration]

I think his district is a Democrat district.

[Alberta's Child]

Part of the issue is that there is no movement among the GOP House members to replace Ryan. From what I've seen, it looks like nobody else wants the job at all.

I'm not a huge fan of Ryan, but I can't really complain about his performance as House Speaker.

[fortheDeclaration]

If you are an anti-Semite you are finished with the Trump movement.

[Reily]

If you remember Ryan was not enthusiastic about job.

[iontheball]

There are too many two faced double talking chameleon RINOS to be trusting any of them. Personally, I have seen enough of Ryan to believe he fits the above description to a T.

[alstewartfan]

Mark Levin stated something to the effect that Nehlen is a nut, after he lost to Ryan.

[bjcoop]

Nehlen has gone off the rails. He has completely indulged anti-semitic, vile nonsense.

[Alberta's Child]

That doesn't sound right. I don't think Paul Ryan would consistently win 60%-70% of the vote in a Democrat district.

I think Trump beat Clinton by 10 points in the Wisconsin 1st District last year, too.

[Karl Spooner]

LOL. Levin said the same about Trump during the primarys. This article smells like Red State.

[henkster]

It may be OK to be white but it is not OK to be anti-Semitic.

[GOPJ]

Unfortunately, he has become radicalized by these alt-right folks online. He's become obsessed with Jews and white identity politics.

Dump him. We don't want or need that crap...