Ryan cuts off Michigan reporter grilling him on gun violence, tax cuts

Fox News ^ | October 8, 2012 | Joy Lin

[jazusamo]

ROCHESTER, Mich. - Paul Ryan abruptly ended an interview with an ABC affiliate in Flint after the reporter tried to grill the vice presidential candidate on gun violence and tax cuts.

"Does the country have a gun problem?" WJRT's Terry Camp asked in a one-on-one interview.

"This country has a crime problem," Ryan responded. After the anchor pressed him on whether he thinks the country has a "gun problem," the self-described deer hunter elaborated, "If you take a look at the gun laws we have, I don't even think President Obama is proposing more gun laws. We have good, strong gun laws."

Camp challenged him again, and Ryan said, "We have to make sure we enforce our laws. We have lots of laws that aren't being properly enforced. We need to make sure we enforce these laws. But the best thing to help prevent violent crime in the inner cities is to bring opportunity to the inner cities." He credited the work of charities, civic groups, and churches with helping to instill "good discipline, good character" in civil society.

In an unlikely turn, the WJRT reporter followed up by asking, "And you can do all that by cutting taxes? With a big tax cut?"

"Those are your words, not mine," Ryan responded curtly. His press secretary Michael Steel interrupted from off-camera, "Thank you very much, sir."

As Ryan began taking off his mic, he commented, "That was kind of strange, you're trying to stuff words in people's mouths?"

Camp replied, "Well, I don't know if it's strange."

Read more: http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2012/10/08/ryan-cuts-reporter-linking-gun-violence-tax-cuts#ixzz28lXXgBIU

[jazusamo]

Good for Paul Ryan for cutting off Terry Camp, the ambush enemedia.

[rwfromkansas]

https://www.facebook.com/ABC12WJRT?fref=ts

[2banana]

The MSM is sensing that obama may lose and are not happy...

[Parley Baer]

Good for Ryan. That was good practice for the debate.

[Nifster]

is that THE Michaele Steele was Ryan’s spokes folk??? Lordy I hope not

[Sarah Barracuda]

Paul Ryan is a smart cookie. He could smell the ambush coming and he didn’t fall for it.

[mrsmith]

He really doesn't like Republicans:
https://twitter.com/ABC12Terry
"Terry Camp‏@ABC12Terry
Its more than a day after the latest GOP debate, and yet I'm still very worried that one of these candidates will be the nominee."
And that's his company sponsored account.

[cripplecreek]

Busy day in Michigan.

[jazusamo]

LOL! Looks like this idiot Camp is well known.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Good to see that Ryan instinctively knows that no one ever lost points for beating up on the media. They do not deserve respect.

[skeeter]

This should be the standard course the minute it becomes clear that the interviewer has no interest in actually interviewing, but rather is trying to get a useful soundbite for the opposing candidate.

Mic comes off, thank you very much and f the h off.

[cripplecreek]

Especially in Michigan where we’re a very pro gun state.

[One Name]

Ryan brings class (values, not wealth) and smarts to the game.

The Executive Branch is largely devoid of both lately.

[jazusamo]

Ryan handled this perfectly and like you say, most of the media do not deserve respect.

[TexasTransplant]

***** “They do not deserve respect.” ******

They have earned just the opposite

TT

(Well earned)

[jazusamo]

BTTT

[Tainan]

The "Ryan is dishonest" meme is being pushed as the current DNC talking-point on Ryan.
It is showing up on many forums across the internet.

[tapatio]

is that THE Michaele Steele was Ryan’s spokes folk??? Lordy I hope not

What is a spokes folk?

[Slings and Arrows]

is that THE Michaele Steele was Ryan’s spokes folk??? Lordy I hope not

Why not? I loved her in The Bangles.

[rawhide]

Watch the video. Ryan did not cut off the interview. Someone off-camera ended the interview.