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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: RandFan

Men need to be discouraged from crying so damn much. Liberals have tried to normalize this type of feminine weakness.


81 posted on 07/10/2022 7:04:47 PM PDT by Dragonspirit (CNN is the enemy. Ashli Babbitt is the hero.)
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To: RandFan

Did he break a nail?


82 posted on 07/10/2022 7:04:47 PM PDT by Smellin Salt
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To: RandFan

Yeah, well; I was sobbing in despair when you became Speaker of the House, you douchebag.


83 posted on 07/10/2022 7:05:36 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: Smellin Salt

Must have been that time of the month.


84 posted on 07/10/2022 7:05:41 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

How about we call him, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger and the rest of the Never Trumper RINOS Rinocchios!


85 posted on 07/10/2022 7:06:17 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: RandFan

What a wimp.


86 posted on 07/10/2022 7:07:25 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: blueunicorn6

Isn’t this fag related to the new pedo-supporting black SCOTUS judge?


87 posted on 07/10/2022 7:11:25 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: RandFan
I wonder what Little Paulie thinks of the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision.
88 posted on 07/10/2022 7:12:42 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: carriage_hill

Ryan wasn’t disturbed, he was dismounted. What a clown.


89 posted on 07/10/2022 7:13:23 PM PDT by healy61
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To: RandFan

Why would he sob? And what has he been up to since he and Willard gave it up?


90 posted on 07/10/2022 7:13:47 PM PDT by lurk (u)
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To: All

If I start to feel down I just look at those photos of congressmen hiding under their desks during an unarmed protest and it cheers me up.


91 posted on 07/10/2022 7:16:18 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: RandFan

Jeez, I thought KINZINGER was an over-the-top drama queen.


92 posted on 07/10/2022 7:16:42 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: RandFan

Spare me. What an idiot.


93 posted on 07/10/2022 7:24:14 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: RandFan

They don’t steal election or be Silent about them Mother f...r


94 posted on 07/10/2022 7:25:28 PM PDT by tophat9000 (Tophat90000)
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To: ez

Reminds me of the clip of Der Slickmeister after the Wellstone funeral.


95 posted on 07/10/2022 7:26:11 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: RandFan

Sounds like he’s a bit of girly man.


96 posted on 07/10/2022 7:26:33 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: RandFan

What a f’ng candy ass....


97 posted on 07/10/2022 7:26:41 PM PDT by caver
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To: RandFan

Yeah, sure. Cry me a river, Ryno. And jump into it, you traitorous pig.


98 posted on 07/10/2022 7:28:33 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: RandFan

These weasels keep coming out of the woodwork to be noticed and in their minds relevant.


99 posted on 07/10/2022 7:29:44 PM PDT by Maudeen (https://ThereIsHopeInJesus.com)
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To: RandFan

He was sobbing tears of joy as he said “we’ve got him now”.


100 posted on 07/10/2022 7:30:22 PM PDT by euram
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