Posted on 03/03/2016 3:32:28 PM PST by drewh
House Speaker Paul Ryan repeatedly declined to attack GOP front-runner Donald Trump today, but didn't rule out future criticism when he feels "conservatism is being disfigured."
"If I see ideas and comments that mislead the people as to who were are as Republicans, I'm going to speak out on those," Ryan said today at his weekly news conference.
The Wisconsin Republican said Thursday that his role as House Speaker -- and as chairman of the party's nomination convention -- is not to challenge Trump, but to "help put substance in this campaign" as the leader of the House Republican conference.
"I can help lead House Republicans to offer an agenda," Ryan said. "The way we see our role in this campaign ... is to add a keel and a rudder to this ship of the Republican Party and give it direction."
He said Republicans did not do a good enough job in the 2012 campaign of giving voters "a very clear choice."
Ryan said he doesn't know Trump well, but is planning to touch base with the New York businessman (and the other remaining candidates) in the near future to discuss the forthcoming House GOP agenda.
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What would he know about conservatism
Another thread her said Paul Ryno was LOLing at Trump.
Romney was at Ryan’s bday part on 1/29 this year. Romney was carrying the bday cake. There are pics on the web of this. They are on the same team. The pro-establishment team.
The man who insinuated that Trump never disavowed the KKK, Screw you Ryan and your elitist traitors.
Republicans hold the House and the Senate because they campaigned on giving people a very clear choice
They lied
Can you spell Cantor? ...yes, I knew you could.
Paul Ryan is way up there on his high horse. He and his cohorts have destroyed the Republican party.
RINOian is close to getting his little liberal @ss voted out.
Let the SOB go sleep with Pelosi.
“I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s the America millions of Americans believe in.
- Mitt Romney, 2012
I don't need to comment
At their meeting a few weeks ago Paul Ryan gave Romney and Graham their marching orders and plans for attacking Trump.
Paul Ryan huddles with Mitt Romney, Scott Walker at Palm Beach retreat
By Alex Isenstadt
01/28/16
Paul Ryan is hosting a fundraising retreat in Palm Beach, Florida this week that is drawing a number of major donors — in addition to the House speaker’s 2012 running mate.
Mitt Romney was among those who addressed the confab on Thursday, according to two sources present. Also speaking were two former 2016 GOP contenders, Scott Walker and Lindsey Graham. The group gathered at the posh Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa.
Unlike his predecessor John Boehner, Ryan is not known for his prodigious fundraising skills. But he is taking steps to expand his network. The new House speaker recently tapped Spencer Zwick, a longtime Romney confidant, to help oversee his fundraising operation.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/paul-ryan-mitt-romney-scott-walker-retreat-218378
who were are as Republicans???? we know who you are and the people are revolting against you for sitting on your hands and not taking this impostor to the shed!
Notice how the establishment is suddenly rallying around conservatism? This is a big red herring.
Ryan does as he is told to do, by Boehner, Romney or other unnamed GOPe names.
Mitt Romney’s fundraiser goes to work for Paul Ryan
By David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) • 11/21/15 12:01 AM
House Speaker Paul Ryan has tapped coveted GOP fundraiser Spencer Zwick to serve as the finance chairman of his newly expanded political operation.
Zwick, 35, was the muscle behind Mitt Romney’s 2012 billion-dollar fundraising enterprise. He and Ryan formed a bond during the last presidential campaign, after Romney selected the Wisconsin Republican as his vice presidential running mate. If Zwick delivers for the speaker and, by extension, House Republicans, the way he did for his party’s presidential nominee, Ryan is on pace to fill the fundraising hole created by the departure of his predecessor, John Boehner.
“I’m honored that Spencer is willing to help me setup a finance network that puts House Republicans in a position to defend and expand our majority,” Ryan said in a statement that was published in a press release introducing his political team. “His track record of developing successful political operations speaks for itself, and I have the utmost respect for Spencer.”
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/mitt-romneys-fundraiser-goes-to-work-for-paul-ryan/article/2576894
“I can help lead House Republicans to offer an agenda,” Ryan said. “The way we see our role in this campaign ... is to add a keel and a rudder to this ship of the Republican Party and give it direction.”
No thank Ryan. Your “crew” has left the sinking ship of the GOP.
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