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Book: Paul Ryan ‘found himself sobbing’ during Jan. 6 attack
The Hill ^ | 07/10/22 8:49 PM ET | BY OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN

Posted on 07/10/2022 6:16:31 PM PDT by RandFan

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) said he was “sobbing” as he watched the Jan 6, 2021 attack at the Capitol happen, according to a new book.

In Atlantic journalist’s Mark Leibovich’s new book, “Thank You For Your Servitude,” Ryan said he felt “disturbed” about what was taking place in a building in which he spend most of his political life, according to CNN.

Ryan, who was Sen. Mitt Romney’s (R-Utah) running mate in the 2012 presidential election, retired from his position as House Speaker in January 2019. He stepped into the role following former House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) retirement four years prior.

“I spent my whole adult life in that building,” Ryan told Leibovich in the book. “And I saw my friends, a lot of cops, some of my old security detail – I’m still friends with a bunch of those guys. It really disturbed me, foundationally.”

Ryan also told Leibovich that “something snapped in him” as he watched the insurrection.

“Ryan figured the president would bitch and moan and maybe make a big show of ‘fighting’ for his supporters for a while,” Leibovich wrote in his book. “Everyone could feel good and victimized. But eventually Trump would just leave; hopefully, he would know to do this on his own. And everyone could then just get on with their lives.”

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To: dfwgator

...........this man has no testosterone in his system so this doesn’t surprise me.


21 posted on 07/10/2022 6:26:50 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: RandFan

Oh good grief..


22 posted on 07/10/2022 6:27:19 PM PDT by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: RandFan
“I spent my whole adult life in that building,” Ryan told Leibovich in the book. “And I saw my friends, a lot of cops, some of my old security detail – I’m still friends with a bunch of those guys. It really disturbed me, foundationally.”

This is what happens when things become idols. When you're sobbing over inconsequential things, and not over someone who actually lost her life, you have issues.

23 posted on 07/10/2022 6:27:33 PM PDT by scott7278 (Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.)
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To: dfwgator

They’ll do or say anything to try to maintain the veneer of a total fiction that they occupy the moral high ground.


24 posted on 07/10/2022 6:28:13 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: RandFan

Words cannot express how much I could not care less.


25 posted on 07/10/2022 6:28:29 PM PDT by rbg81
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To: RandFan

As if I couldn’t hate this backstabbing scumrat bastard any more than I already do.

Hey Paul, how many tears did you shed for the billions in damages caused by the Democrap supported terror groups Antifa and BLM who killed cops, killed civilians, destroyed businesses in every major city, even tried to burn down a federal court house, who took over a police precinct, who threw Molotov cocktails at cops, spit in the faces of cops, all while profiteering, who got police defunded resulting in countless more people being murdered? For FIVE YEARS!

Yet a four HOUR protest that broke a door window makes you CRY? Tu puta maricon!!!


26 posted on 07/10/2022 6:28:34 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: RandFan

What a way to let everyone know you are a spineless soy boy!


27 posted on 07/10/2022 6:29:08 PM PDT by CFW
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To: RandFan

I am sobbing from the fact that Paul Ryan did not successfully attempt suicide.


28 posted on 07/10/2022 6:29:16 PM PDT by ohioman
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To: Cen-Tejas

29 posted on 07/10/2022 6:29:27 PM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: one guy in new jersey

And to think that mental midget Biden kicked Ryan’s ass in their debate.


30 posted on 07/10/2022 6:29:57 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: RandFan

that’s ok....a lot of conservatives sobbed when ryan was in congress.


31 posted on 07/10/2022 6:30:42 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: RandFan

Paul Ryan, knew the election was stolen and was part of the steal. He deliberately went to FOX NEWS to betray the American Voter and make sure that FOX would not interfere with the steal. The establishment has been so totally corrupted that they went all in on the steal to cover for themselves and their corruption. Our self appointed betters have been bought off by the CCP and the globalist... it is that simple. Paul Ryan is in fact and effect a traitor, he knows it and he knows you know it. That is why they must destroy anyone who might expose them and their evil. Mitt Romney cried when he voted to impeach Trump because he knows he was betraying his country when he did it. We are suffering because the most evil people on earth are currently running our country. They know they are traitors and that they stole the election and they are looking for an offramp. Problem is... there isn’t one. So they will destroy the entire nation to protect themselves. That is the level of evil demons we are dealing with.


32 posted on 07/10/2022 6:31:05 PM PDT by WinstonSmith1984
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To: RandFan

Ryan is a chicken heart.


33 posted on 07/10/2022 6:31:53 PM PDT by madison10
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To: gundog
And this was the guy he replaced...



Gutless, spineless and weak, the whole lot of them.
34 posted on 07/10/2022 6:31:54 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ealgeone

Just like Romney pulled over his car and started crying when he heard on the radio that the Mormon’s had a ‘revelation’ that blacks were ok after all.


35 posted on 07/10/2022 6:32:43 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: RandFan

He should move to San Francisco with his boyfriend.

Deep State jerk.


36 posted on 07/10/2022 6:32:48 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (My body, my choice....but not when it comes down to unconstitutional "vaccine" mandates.)
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To: RandFan

Gotta call BS. Sobbing? Even if true, what but an Omega Male would admit to such a girlie-man breakdown? (Please, no need to respond, as the question is rhetorical and answers itself.)


37 posted on 07/10/2022 6:32:56 PM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: RandFan

Ryan had only one real job as a driver before attending law school.

As soon as got his law degree, he ran for Congress and got elected.

He arrived in DC with barely a penny to his name and started work as a Congressman, earning an average $174,000 per year.

So far, so good.

Fast forward 10 years and he’s worth more than $12 million.

1. He didn’t win the lottery,
2. He didn’t inherit wealth,
3. He didn’t marry into money.

So how did he get so rich?

Ans. He sold out.


38 posted on 07/10/2022 6:33:27 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: RandFan

Was he Zooming with AOC at the time?


39 posted on 07/10/2022 6:33:38 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: imabadboy99

What role did Paul RYNO play in the Russia hoax - the attempt to overthrow our government?


40 posted on 07/10/2022 6:33:52 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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