Posted on 05/08/2016 7:01:48 AM PDT by usafa92
Washington (CNN) Sarah Palin will work to defeat House Speaker Paul Ryan by backing his primary opponent in Wisconsin, the former Alaska governor told CNN's Jake Tapper.
Palin said in an interview that airs Sunday on "State of the Union" that her decision was sparked by Ryan's bombshell announcement to Tapper last week that he wasn't yet ready to support Donald Trump, the Republican presumptive nominee. Palin endorsed Trump back in January.
"I think Paul Ryan is soon to be 'Cantored,' as in Eric Cantor," Palin said, referring to the former Republican House majority leader who was ousted in a shocking upset in 2014 when challenger Dave Brat ran to his right in a Virginia primary.
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I am a little confused. I thought Wisconsin already had their Primary. If Ryan has a Primary opponent, when is the election?
August 9th and it’s Ryan vs Nehlen.
Me too!!! I live 20 miles from Janesville, not my district, but plan on having my boots on the ground. The Trump stance is just the tip. I don’t care if he comes out for Trump or not, as far as I am concerned he’s OUT.
Not to be caustic, but Palin will probably cost the challenger’s campaign $20,000 to $50,000 for her “consulting.”
Doubt it, but neither is Jan Brewer, strange.
Constructive criticism:
If Mr. Nehlen wishes to be taken most seriously as an opponent to the Speaker of the House, he will need someone with graphic skills to redesign the look and functions of his website.
Right now text boxes are unaligned relative to each other, and other areas need to be completed.
Maybe he can also lure a volunteer in this aspect of his cause?
But Cantor is a positive?
No but they can pick a winner, unlike you Cruisers.
“I don’t want them to “publicly line up” if their heart isn’t in it. Better that those opposed to a nationalist agenda and direction for the country say so. Some of them will be re-elected, no problem. But this “hide the ball” crap is a fundamental problem.”
The problem is that as long as they publicly REFUSE to endorse Trump, the enemedia will pound their drums 24x7 about the fractured GOP, Trump has no chance with a divided party, and feature 24x7 the Lindsey Graham’s and Ben Sasses attacking Trump, as was the case on all the Sunday morning shows today.
A few of these “leaders” need to be targeted and taken out ASAP to put the fear of god into the rest.
I hope she has success with this, but I doubt she’ll have much impact; I think her “5 minutes of fame” are just about up. Certainly they’re on the wane.
We are those darn Trumpsters, Trumpees, Trumptard, TrumpChumps, Trumpkins....
I can’t keep up these days.
Understood. What I'm saying is that we should embrace the fact that Sasse, Ryan, Romney, et al are public in their rejection or "wait and see" of Trump. In other words, the fracture is a good thing, as long as it is in the open. The people will choose individual candidates, and the press is going to attack Trump no matter what.
The party is divided. Why pretend it is not?
-- A few of these "leaders" need to be targeted and taken out ASAP to put the fear of god into the rest. --
Yep. Ryan is an early election contest that puts that to the test.
Not that I have much concern about it, but I'd rather these #NeverTrump people be open about it, compared with being in places to sabotage the effort.
Sarah got it right !!
Get the challenger’s name out.....
>>>>PAUL NEHLEN>>>>PAUL NELHEN
For Congress.
Paul Ryan is on the road to lose the Wisconsin primary to
Paul Nehlen.
Primary is August 9, 2016
Jobs or “NO” jobs,
House Speaker Paul Ryan’s Wisconsin primary opponent Paul Nehlen tells Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Stephen K. Bannon today that he absolutely believes Paul Ryan “sold his vote” to support so called trade deals that Nehlen says are damaging to America.
Nehlen adds that 83 percent of Paul Ryan’s political fundraising comes from outside his Wisconsin district. “The vast majority comes in the form of large campaign donations from inside the D.C. Beltway…. He sold his vote. He sold his vote. The same people that are donating to his campaign want these open border initiatives. This isn’t a Free Trade deal.”
Asked if he genuinely believed Ryan sold his vote, “I absolutely believe that,” said Nehlen. “The FEC reports back me up. This isn’t my contention. This is a fact.” Nehlen also said, “Paul Ryan never won Janesville, by the way,” which is his hometown. Nehlen basically called Ryan a “good salesman” who says one thing to people at home, yet does another in Washington. He directed listeners to see his latest video at DumpPaulRyan.com.
Nehlen’s campaign launched its first ad, “Truth Resurrection” this morning.
Asked why he was running, said Nehlen:
What lit my fuse was an article that was up on Breitbart and it was up on Breitbart because Sen. Jeff Sessions had gone and read the Trans Pacific Trade Partnership and he reported it and you guys reported it. Nobody else reported on it. And I read that as a businessman. I run businesses all around the United States, all around the globe … I’ve closed factories in Mexico and brought those jobs back to the United States. I’ve closed factories in Canada and brought those jobs back to the United States. I did this. I said to my wife, I’m going to run for Congress.
Nehlen called Speaker Paul Ryan “a mercenary champion of this Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership,” adding “and that’s why I’m running. … I was outside Abbott Labs just a week and a half ago … 180 employees, IT workers, Americans, have been replaced by H1-B visa holders. I was there with Michelle Malkin and Sara Blackwell, an attorney out of Florida who is donating her time pro bono filing EOC complaints” on behalf of the American losing their jobs.
“The jobs aren’t going away,” said Nehlen, “they’re bringing in people to replace Americans in those jobs. And this Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership, it makes it worse. It codifies the opportunity for them to bring workers here and replace us. They won’t even have to go through the paperwork of filing H1 Visa forms.”
Nehlen claims Janesville is “deteriorating” on Ryan’s watch. “One in five people need food assistance in Janesville. There’s a 13 percent poverty rate and this is Wisconsin,” he said.
That is us, alright....LOL
Why? They all talk like her.
Yet Ryan is just lucky as heck he didn’t run this time. He should count his blessings.
????
And that’s why she was on this morning’s State of the Union, because her “5 minutes of fame ... are on the wane?”
And why you are typing comment #129 on a forum post about said interview?
Cognitive dissonance, much?
If they can't dump him in the primary,get a brain and vote vote the democrat,. Some things can gnaw at a man worse than dying.
LOL
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Livingston Quits as Speaker-Designate.
Rep. Bob Livingston speaks at the House impeachment debate on Saturday.
(CSPAN) By Eric Pianin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, December 20, 1998; Page A1
Fearing that a controversy over his sexual past would undercut his power and tear apart his family, Rep. Bob Livingston (R-La.) yesterday told an astounded House he will not assume the speakership he claimed last month but would instead resign from Congress next year.
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