Posted on 06/14/2016 4:10:02 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Ryan and like-minded establishment Republicans have struggled to reconcile their desire to unify the party in advance of a tough fight against Democrat Hillary Clinton while at the same time separating themselves from some of the positions and rhetoric of Trump, who defeated 16 rivals to win the presidential nomination
Ryan said "the smarter way to go" would be to have a "security test" for Middle Eastern immigrants to ensure proper security screening. He noted that the House passed legislation to tighten visa restrictions that President Barack Obama signed into law, but that the Senate had blocked another measure that would provide greater security screening
"This is a war with radical Islam. It's not a war with Islam. Muslims are our partners," Ryan said. "The vast, vast majority of Muslims in this country and around the world are moderate, they're peaceful, they're tolerant. So they are among our best allies, among our best resources, in this fight against radical Islamic terrorism."
Trump has been resolute in demanding tighter immigration policies. The massacre of 49 people at the nightclub by gunman Omar Mateen, 29, whose parents were born in Afghanistan, has prompted the Republican candidate to intensify his rhetoric as he tries to garner support from Americans with deep security fears.
Trump noted that Mateen's parents were born in Afghanistan. Pointing to specific incidents such as the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, he said threats were posed by people with roots in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Somalia.
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Ryan is worse than Romney. A sitting Speaker of the House repeatedly attacking his party’s presumptive nominee as “racist”. And don’t forget the KKK nonsense from Ryan a few months ago.
I would venture these intra party smears are unprecedented in the 200+ year history of our Republic. Something is Rotten in DenmarC and it isn’t Trump.
Paul Ryan Chicken Hawk
Coincidentally, the RNC just called me...I gave them a earful regarding their fight against real conservatives (& did not donate).
Every dark cloud has a silver lining.
The Romney/Ryan ticket loss to Obama in 2012 is an example.
Imagine if Romney had won and Ryan was the VP.
Ryan, the traitorous bastard, would have been in a position to become president someday.
+1
good question, it isn’t posted on the Wisconsin gop site.
Ryan is just re-phrasing what Trump wants to and intends to do.
Lazmaztaz posted a long list of terrorist offenses by Muslims. We are importing such lovely people here from the Middle East. Speaker Ryan is a fool.
Ryan and politicians align themselves with whomever the wind is blowing with... I have thought for a long time how easy it would be to get this country back in good condition again. Simply put, the person who did what was correct/right for the country and for the people, could turn this mess around quickly. The problem has been there has been no one who put country or people first... All of them have played to whoever had the money (follow the money) or whoever had the most power to control, and the people be damned.
BUT I do believe Trump just may do what he thinks will turn this mess around to be a great country.. just do what is right and don’t let power and money speak louder. With a few good men in his administration, that feel equally people and country oriented and it will feel good again in the United States of America... obama will be just a bad dream.
Ryan is ignoring that very important fact. He’s on FB and he asks for comments.. and cooperation.. if you read the comments, there are 90% more against him than are for him... they spiel at him on every one of his posts and you can tell, he doesn’t see and doesn’t get what he has done. He either ignores what the people are trying to tell him, or he is about as ignorant and self absorbed as obama is, and believes his own press.
Any reason in particular you are going from thread to thread to defend the GOP establishment tonight?
Well it’s finally come ,One Party Rule for the US
Ryan said "the smarter way to go" would be to have a "security test" for Middle Eastern immigrants to ensure proper security screening.
That's not separating yourself from what Trump says because that's exactly what Trump says...We need a screening system that's real, and in the mean time until that system shows up we block them from coming in...
“The vast, vast majority of Muslims in this country and around the world are moderate, they’re peaceful, they’re tolerant.”
Brilliant! If we could have allied ourselves with moderate, peaceful Nazis and Japanese Shinto, we could have ended WW II the day after the Pearl Harbor attack.
It seems that he and Cruz's folks are intent on throwing a hissy fit to teach the people a lesson for wandering away from what the GOPe wants and is working hard to get Hillary elected.
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia came to town this week. Probably to bribe Ryan and others.
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