Posted on 10/11/2016 6:17:14 PM PDT by drewh
So to sum up: Ryan finds Trump indefensible and won't actively support him ... but still wants him to be president. Ryan is affording himself the worst of both worlds: Trumpkins brand him a traitor while never-Trumpers won’t move past the fact that he refuses to actually pull his support from Trump.
But overall it underscores the fact that Ryan has held full weasel status for months now. Once Trump had secured the GOP nomination, Ryan went out of his way to say he wasn't ready to endorse the former reality TV star, saying that he first wanted Trump to unify the party and – wait for it – run a campaign that would allow Americans to "have something that they're proud to support and proud to be a part of." A month later, the speaker bent the knee to his party nominee, Trump having given precisely no indication that he was going to be a unifier or a source of national pride.
Ryan has stuck by Trump since, periodically issuing hollow condemnations when Trump did something egregious, such as picking a fight with a gold star family, but steadfastly refusing to walk back his endorsement.
Not that any of this has ameliorated Trump, who briefly refused to endorse Ryan in his August primary before finally doing so. And, of course, with Monday's kinda-sorta distancing, Trump has unloaded on the speaker as only he can:
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani warned that Team Trump "will remember" those who were disloyal, while campaign spokeswoman Katrina Pierson asserted that Trump supporters "all over the country" are preparing to vote for the former real estate developer but not the traitorous down-ballot GOPers.
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Trump having given precisely no indication that he was going to be a unifier or a source of national pride.
That is a bold face lie!!!!!!
X100
Words can not express the utter contempt and disgust most patriots feel toward these GOPe monsters. Mr. Trump has extended many olive branches in an effort to unify the party. Like the serpents they are, their bite is full of venom. When reasonable unifying gestures are met with their poison, it is time to consider stronger alternatives.
Ryan is way out of his depth. He needs to go back to the shallow end of the pool.
It is hard to overstate the stupidity of the backstabbers. Did they really think Trump was going to meekly step down without a fight? Could they seriously believe the GOP could win in 2020 after four more years of open borders and ever-expanding vote fraud?
The backtracking and weaseling has already begun, but that isn't going to be nearly enough. Not this time.
Give us Paul Ryan's head on a pike. Then we'll talk.
https://youtu.be/4G4AHo19qx0
“Give us Paul Ryan’s head on a pike.”
What a lovely image! Thanks!
I don’t know. The infiltration runs deep.
Cruz got his mind right, Ryan not so much. Ryan will be the big loser out of this election.
Dan Senor -thnx.
tweeted @paulryan you are the poster child for coward everwhere
Wake up.
Ryan isn't being cowardly.
He never had any intention of supporting Trump.
The weekend video release has his fingerprints all over it.
Saying that Paul Ryan is a coward is like telling Obama, "Don't you realize that it's not logical to expect the Affordable Care Act to improve healthcare? Just look at these facts.... Exhibit A......."
These people are establishment. They know EXACTLY what they're doing.
Ryan did the “Cruz Burnout” 4 years earlier than Cruz managed to do....no way he ever sits in the Oval Office.
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