Posted on 08/01/2016 6:48:43 PM PDT by Sybeck1
Paul Ryan supports Donald Trump for president — but does Trump support the Republican House Speaker against his primary challenger?
It was assumed by many politicos that Trump was supporting Ryan in his primary fight against Wisconsin businessman Paul Nehlen, but the Republican presidential nominee put that assumption into question with a Monday tweet.
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Paul Ryan supports Donald Trump for president????????
Are All Journalists Drug Addicts or just plain Stupid?? Paul Ryan is in Hillary’s camp, and ALWAYS HAS BEEN.
PAUL RINO!! - :o)
Please have more compassion for Paul. How would you behave if someone had some very embarrassing photographs of you that would ruin your career and probably put you in jail?
I want Paul Nehlen to beat Paul Ryan next week. If you want this too, send Nehlen a little financial love.
I thought I read that Ryan was meeting with a bunch of never Trumpers again.
“Are All Journalists Drug Addicts or just plain Stupid?”
No.
Some are actually autistic, diabetic and/or alcoholics, while others are simply demonstrably evil.
80/20 rule is in effect.
The trick is weeding out the mere 20% who do actually perform adequately in their “profession”.
What am I missing? How does using “Cantor” as a verb become anti-Semitic?
“Paul Ryan supports Donald Trump for president “?
Crappola!
That's a lie!
The GOPe sheep (led by former Gov. Tommy Thompson) voted for Kasich.
The GOP Conservatives voted for Cruz.
Democrat crossovers voted for Trump.
For the April primary, Trump came into our state and insulted Wisconsin GOP voters, lied about Governor Scott Walker and our GOP State Senate and Assembly and falsely claimed (using 2015 Democrat talking points) Wisconsin is operating on a budget deficit. After the extreme fight Wisconsin Republican voters endured to gain & maintain control of our state government against the Democrats and their Unionista backers, we GOP voters took Trump's clumsy and stupid attack personally.
I expect they will do same in Ryan’s primary and he will win.
That's true. Ryan will tally 75%+ in next week's primary. Since Nehlen has so little local GOP support (98% of Nehlen's campaign contributions are from out-of-state donors), Nehlen's latest campaign strategy is to call on Democrats to crossover and vote in the GOP primary. Yes, that's proof of your conservative bona fides - call on liberal Democrats to carry your campaign!
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And House “conservatives” have been quiet as mice while Ryan repeatedly frags Trump.
That's your characterization.
Disagreeing with or distinguishing yourself from Trump whenever he says something galactically stupid is NOT fragging Trump. Perhaps because Trump shoots himself in the face so often, it can seem like fragging to Trumpboners.
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Seems near everybody in his district and the beltway is just fine with Ryan’s brand of faux conservatism.
I really don't care what the Beltway thinks - I care what Wisconsin thinks. While I'm not always happy with some of Ryan's actions, the fact that a Wisconsin congressman sits in the Speaker's chair is far more important to me as a Wisconsin Conservative.
Wisconsin Republicans REJECTED Trump in April, have had difficulty warming to the Orange Menace up to convention, grudgingly accepted Trump's ascendance to GOP nominee - only to be insulted by the Donald as he gives "our" Speaker the finger.
Tell me again...what was the point of Ryan endorsing Trump?
Bottom line, this Trump shout out may have just cost Trump any chance he had of carrying Wisconsin. Trump will need those suburban/exurban Milwaukee GOP voters who LOVE and will easily re-elect Ryan.
That’s a lie!
The GOPe sheep (led by former Gov. Tommy Thompson) voted for Kasich.
The GOP Conservatives voted for Cruz.
Democrat crossovers voted for Trump.
Your primary season amnesia shows you must be a deluded Cruzlim. There was huge push by the GOPe in WI to get behind Cruz. Kasich was a total non factor there.
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Umm, no. I was actually here in Wisconsin on the front lines.
The "hardcore" GOPe Wisconsin voters and politicians did back Kasich. Kasich took up to 20% in some congressional districts. Hardly a non-factor.
Did some local GOPe throw in behind Cruz? Sure.
But Cruz had more than 60% support in Wisconsin's WOW counties surrounding Milwaukee - home of Wisconsin's conservative base.
What you are missing is that there was ZERO GOP support for Trump in Wisconsin during the April primary. There was exactly one village board member in just one very small suburb of Milwaukee who endorsed Trump. That's it.
Yes, Democrat Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clark supported Trump, but hadn't yet endorsed him.
Only those politicians and party officials you have slagged as GOPe have boarded (albeit reluctantly) the Trump train in Wisconsin. From my perspective, some of those endorsers are - in fact - GOPe. Others I have viewed as generally more conservative, but understand their endorsement in terms of party unity. But to this day, most conservatives in Wisconsin have refused to endorse Trump.
We Wisconsin conservatives will vote for Trump in November, but only if our votes potentially matter (i.e. polls indicate that Trump has a fighter's chance of winning Wisconsin's electoral votes).
Our efforts are focused on re-electing Ron Johnson to the US Senate.
Well, that was depressing.
Sounded like a departure from reality.
Quite frankly, if what you say is true, then you Cheeseheads deserve a good swift kick in the keister.
Hope you guys in Ryan’s district at least wake up in time to kick him out one week from today.
It sure is.
There is next to nothing of an effort by the Trump campaign and local Trump supporters to push the Wisconsin electorate.
Where are all the Trump supporters to operate the GOP phone banks, knock on doors, volunteer at county fair booths, etc?
It's like Donald expects all of the local GOP party officials to do HIS heavy lifting.
But go ahead, insult us some more. That will sure cause us to want to storm to his support.
Well, hope you enjoy Hillary as your President in WI.
Umm, no. I was actually here in Wisconsin on the front lines.
The “hardcore” GOPe Wisconsin voters and politicians did back Kasich. Kasich took up to 20% in some congressional districts. Hardly a non-factor.
Did some local GOPe throw in behind Cruz? Sure.
But Cruz had more than 60% support in Wisconsin’s WOW counties surrounding Milwaukee - home of Wisconsin’s conservative base.
What you are missing is that there was ZERO GOP support for Trump in Wisconsin during the April primary. There was exactly one village board member in just one very small suburb of Milwaukee who endorsed Trump. That’s it.
Yes, Democrat Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clark supported Trump, but hadn’t yet endorsed him.
Only those politicians and party officials you have slagged as GOPe have boarded (albeit reluctantly) the Trump train in Wisconsin. From my perspective, some of those endorsers are - in fact - GOPe. Others I have viewed as generally more conservative, but understand their endorsement in terms of party unity. But to this day, most conservatives in Wisconsin have refused to endorse Trump.
We Wisconsin conservatives will vote for Trump in November, but only if our votes potentially matter (i.e. polls indicate that Trump has a fighter’s chance of winning Wisconsin’s electoral votes).
Our efforts are focused on re-electing Ron Johnson to the US Senate.
Your big mistake is calling supporters of Amnesty Ryan and his progressive corportist agenda “conservative.” Sorry, there is simply nothing conservative or patriotic about Paul Ryan. That you chose not to engage him shows you are just fine with his destructive anti-American agenda. How principled and conservative of you. And I can see how would be a big fan of Obama enabling and Natural Born Canadian TPA Ted Cruz.
And your big mistake is thinking that Cantorizing Ryan and losing a safe House seat with a scamPAC stooge like Nehlen is conservative.
You are all being fleeced by a Virginia-based con artist who is paying himself megabucks as a "campaign manager" for Nehlen and extracting exhorbitant fees for the consulting firm "advising" Nehlen's campaign.
The next refrain will be "Well, at least Nehlen isn't a progressive corporatist like Ryan!"
To which I respond, "And how do you know that?"
Nehlen has no local roots, has NEVER participated in GOP or Tea Party activities and was unwilling to respond to a Right to Life questionnaire which would have resulted in a co-endorsement for his primary campaign. Nehlen is cypher, not an alternative.
I'm not saying that I love Ryan. I don't. Is Ryan a conservative? Not as much as I would like, but he has a far more conservative record than Trump. Ryan is also the highest elected official ever to come from Wisconsin and I'm not going to trade that for some magic beans.
Wisconsin conservatives will engage Ryan when it makes sense, when there is a reasonable alternative and when so much else is not at stake.
Trump's shout out for Nehlen is juvenile, unnecessary and politically tone deaf. But i'm sure it felt good for his ego. Lord knows it has been at least 17 seconds since Sean Hannity last kissed his ass.
Trump is blowing his race in Wiscosnin and will take down Ron Johnson and GOP cpntrol of the US Senate with him.
And your big mistake is thinking that Cantorizing Ryan and losing a safe House seat with a scamPAC stooge like Nehlen is conservative.
Nehlen is a “scam”? If Nehlen is scam what is Ryan dishonestly pushing amnesty, dishonestly campaigning for Obama’s TPA, cutting vet pay, support for open borders, etc., etc? THAT is “Principled Conservatism”? Buy a clue: Ryan’s faux conservatism is real scam.
Seems their is nothing principled or conservative about Wisconsin “conservatives”. Feel free to support your local RINO but know conservatives across the country despise his anti-American and unpatriotic progressive agenda.
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And we'll be sure to thank all of the out-of-state Trumpers daily for it.
Seriously, I want Trump to win in November. I really do. I actually was very glad that Trump came out of convention as well as he did. I actually sensed a potential for some Trump campaign momentum - even in Wisconsin.
Do you realize that Trump is so disliked in Wisconsin that Pence's campaign visit to Wisconsin last week was referenced in public service announcements and official invites from state GOP officials without actually referencing Donald Trump's name?
Yet Trump could still win in Wisconsin - that's the weird thing. Trump could win in Wisconsin if he would only stop insulting Scott Walker, Paul Ryan and their supporters.
Trump used to attack Reince Priebus, too. But Reince has no spine (never has in the 20+ years I've known him) and is now permanently glued to Donald's arse - so Donald has stopped trying to bully him.
Trump doesn't need to praise Wisconsin or Ryan or Walker - he just needs to be silent on Ryan or Walker or at least stop giving Wisconsin the finger. If Trump learns anything this year, you should never taunt an angry Badger.
Pence gets it. His visit last week was fantastic and started to mend fences here. And it seemed to move Wisconsin voters in local polling (which I am privy to).
But the Orange Oaf can't help himself and gave a shout out to Nehlen.
It's like that episode of Cheers where Carla wants to remove Cliff Klaven from the room, so she tells him that there is some guy in the back room who thinks that Cliff doesn't know anything about photosynthesis.
Cliff jumps off his barstool and shouts "Oh yeah, well I'll show him!" and storms off into the backroom to berate the phantom doubter.
That's kind of how I view Trump. Smart guy. Knows lots of stuff. Good heart. But a blowhard and braggart always looking for a verbal smackdown to placate nothing more than his enormous ego.
Settling tiny personal scores at the expense of potential electoral gains is not a winning campaign strategy.
Good riddance.
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