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Paul Ryan is trying to be the leader Donald Trump refuses to be (CNN )
CNN ^ | Aug. 21, 2017 | Chris Cillizza,

Posted on 08/21/2017 2:38:57 PM PDT by Innovative

If Donald Trump won't lead, I will.

That's the message House Speaker Paul Ryan appears to be sending with a new statement -- released via his Facebook page Monday -- on the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, and President Trump's remarkable "both sides" comments in its wake.

Headlined "Let There Be No Confusion," Ryan writes on Facebook:

"I still firmly believe this hate exists only on the fringes. But so long as it exists, we need to talk about it. We need to call it what it is. And so long as it is weaponized for fear and terror, we need to confront it and defeat it.

That is why we all need to make clear there is no moral relativism when it comes to neo-Nazis. We cannot allow the slightest ambiguity on such a fundamental question."

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 115th; antitrump; cnn; fakenews; ryan; speakerryan; third100days; trump; trump45
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Ryan is such a jerk. The Republican Party should eject him.
1 posted on 08/21/2017 2:38:57 PM PDT by Innovative
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2 posted on 08/21/2017 2:41:15 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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Go jump in front of a parade so it looks like you’re leading something, punk. No one is following you!


3 posted on 08/21/2017 2:41:33 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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Paul Ryan couldn’t even lead a puppy with GPS. The guy is the definition of a coward and a wuss, the only time he ever opens his mouth is to bash Trump after the Rats do it.


4 posted on 08/21/2017 2:41:43 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Trump: Greatest POTUS of all time solely for preventing Satan taking office.)
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He should’ve run for president in 2016 if he wanted that role.


5 posted on 08/21/2017 2:42:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Virtue signalling by a backstabbing opportunist who thinks he can score points at Trump’s expense by showing everyone how swell he is in comparison to Trump without having to say his name. We get it, Paul. You are who we thought you were. The guy who made us want an outsider like Trump who isn’t a phony snake like you.


6 posted on 08/21/2017 2:42:12 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie
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Wow! How did you do that? I didn’t know Freep could make emoticons. First time I ever saw that on this website and I’ve been a member for 10 years.


7 posted on 08/21/2017 2:43:40 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Trump: Greatest POTUS of all time solely for preventing Satan taking office.)
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So, the Communists aren’t as bad as the Nazis?


8 posted on 08/21/2017 2:44:39 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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The News Media used to claim that it was unbiased.
Many Conservatives didn’t buy that and claimed that the News Media favored the Democrats.
That “paranoid” view was often laughed at (mostly by the Media).
Today, EVERYONE knows that the News Media hates Trump and is pushing a Liberal Democrat agenda.

Paul Ryan may claim that he’s trying to lead the Republican Party.
Many Conservatives don’t buy that and claim that Paul Ryan is basically a Liberal Democrat.
That “paranoid” view is often laughed at (mostly by the Media).
But any sensible person recognizes that the House and the Senate are led by Democrats.
Republican leadership really wish Hillary had won.


9 posted on 08/21/2017 2:45:03 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Islam: You have to just love a "religion" based on rape and sex slavery.)
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Hey Paul, you dropped your soap magazine in the gym locker room.


10 posted on 08/21/2017 2:46:43 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (Afghanistan, where empires go to die.)
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Ryan... DO YOUR F-ING JOB and maybe - MAYBE we’ll look towards you for a moral opinion.

You are a government leader first - not a role model (and even if you were a role model your behavior over the past 3 years is CERTAINLY not becoming of true leadership or anything that someone of good character should try to emulate.

You think you’re safe because of the oligarchy you belon to. You’re not and it’s high time you start to understand that because Trump is only the beginning.

I support Trump.
I do NOT support Ryan.


11 posted on 08/21/2017 2:46:43 PM PDT by Skywise
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>>The guy is the definition of a coward and a wuss,
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He’s just wholly bought and owned. Remember the article that named a half dozen Pubs that took Dem donations this past cycle? NONE of them are any different. They just wear different-colored costumes, one red, the other blue.


12 posted on 08/21/2017 2:47:01 PM PDT by Kalamata (With haste and GodÂ’s divine intervention, may Liberty be restored to the People.)
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When Ryan feasts his eyes on this, he’ll think again.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/formally-recognize-antifa-terrorist-organization-0

Sign it.


13 posted on 08/21/2017 2:47:54 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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-- I didn't know Freep could make emoticons. --

Depends on your browser. Not sure this will work, but enter 👹 for 👹

Emoticon codes

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14 posted on 08/21/2017 2:49:49 PM PDT by Cboldt
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Ryan is a swamp worm & CNN is a JOKE.


15 posted on 08/21/2017 2:51:08 PM PDT by Ray76 (Republicans are a Democrat party front group.)
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If anything Ryan is the leader of the corrupt status quo in Washington.


16 posted on 08/21/2017 2:52:11 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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On CNN’s title: CNN, the speaker wasn’t elected.

And Ryan should not write stuff like this that makes Trump look bad—and that prolongs this mood against him.


17 posted on 08/21/2017 2:52:22 PM PDT by proud American in Canada
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18 posted on 08/21/2017 2:53:10 PM PDT by conservative98
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Wasn’t that Prince’s name? LOL


19 posted on 08/21/2017 2:53:17 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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Hey, Ryan, your lack of leadership has hurt America so much worse than any modern day Nazis could.


20 posted on 08/21/2017 2:53:51 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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