To: entropy12
“Trump had no leverage over Speaker Paul Ryan.”
We’ll never know, because he didn’t try to pressure Ryan on immigration and the wall. He let Ryan push Ryan’s agenda instead.
48 posted on
05/18/2019 7:07:21 AM PDT by
rintintin
(q)
To: rintintin
Ryan won his district by a far larger margin than Trump did. The same is true for every Republican member of both houses of Congress who won in 2016.
Trump has zero leverage over Congress. That’s why he began treating Nancy Pelosi as the Speaker of the House before Ryan left office. Politically, it’s just easier to blame Democrats for failing to support an agenda that couldn’t get passed in a Republican-controlled Congress, either.
50 posted on
05/18/2019 7:17:16 AM PDT by
Alberta's Child
("Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.")
To: rintintin
Again, without leverage, impossible for Trump to pressure Ryan.
59 posted on
05/18/2019 7:25:20 AM PDT by
entropy12
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