Posted on 03/24/2017 3:09:17 PM PDT by cotton1706
Republican officials in Congress and the White House are now openly discussing finding a GOP replacement to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as Speaker of the House, after Ryan failed to pass the American Health Care Act out of the House and misled the public and President Donald Trump when he promised repeatedly the bill would pass.
Ryan was caught on an audio file from October—obtained by Breitbart News and published a couple weeks ago—saying he is “not going to defend Donald Trump—not now, not in the future.” While the audio file does not make the comments clear, Ryan’s staff later claimed that it was specifically about the Access Hollywood tape scandal from the election. The audio tape of Ryan, recorded from a House GOP members’ conference call, does not make that context clear.
Many allies of the president and several White House officials over the weeks since have confirmed to Breitbart News that the president is concerned that Ryan may not have his—or his agenda’s—best interests at heart. Ryan’s failure to deliver the votes on healthcare cement Trump’s skepticism of Ryan, they say.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
I don’t trust the freedomncaucus. They have never challenged Boehner or Ryan for speaker.
I’d throw lots and let God decide.
Cruz is in the Senate.
Try this ..
I have always had bad vibes about Ryan.
Is this what draining the swamp looks like?
It won’t be Newt. Although the Speaker does not have to be a member of Congress, Congress will want one of their own and would be very jealous of Newt.
I have a suggestion for replacement. A former, very successful Speaker of the House....of Delegates of Virgina. Morgan Griffith. Solid conservative, but not to the point of screwing up a good deal. He was able to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear here in Virginia.
Not a leader. Need someone who is conservative AND able to lead. Check out Morgan Griffith.
LOL. If you strike at a king....
A name for your ponderment: Morgan Griffith. Former Speaker of the House of Delegates in VA.
More like “only a RINO could get it” and no conservative with an ounce of common sense felt like playing the role of Julius Caesar on March 15th.
DJT might have opened a window of opportunity for someone who is worth a damn. We’ll see.
It would be great to see Ryan replaced. But if his replacement is McCarthy, Scalise, McMorris-Rogers, or someone of that ilk, why bother?
It should be someone like Dave Brat or Mark Meadows.
That's what I've been thinking. I wouldn't doubt if Trump only gave a half-hearted effort to "negotiate," knowing that a failure would weaken Ryan enough to be replaced with someone who has his back.
I think Trump just out-Ryaned Ryan.
Thanks for a coherent voice on this subject.
That’s exactly it - Paul Ryan just demonstrated to the whole world that he is NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME in big glowing red neon.
are you trying to start a flame war?
Wrong. Fake.
Ryan was appointed by foreign globalists.
Ryan will appoint new Speaker. This ain’t an election.
“Ponder this, people: Trump may have engineered Ryan’s exit ;)....(Something no “conservatives” or Freedom Caucus could manage to do)”
That would only be a win if Ryan’s replacement were not another Boehner/Ryan clone....
...the Ryan within the camp is far more deadly than the Pelosi outside.....
“Ryan just proved to the whole world that he can’t do the job.”
His ‘job’ is to torpedo the Trump administration. He’s a stooge of the Soros/Romney/Bush treason cabal.
It's not the conservatives that did that - it's the spineless idiots like Lyin' Ryan and company. All the more reason that the party needs to be completely purged.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.