Speaking of fusion…
Posted on 10/23/2023 7:44:00 PM PDT by DoodleBob
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan weighed in on the current struggle for the Republican conference to elect a new speaker of the House following the historic ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
Of the publicly fractured House Republicans, he said the conference is "basically a bifurcated coalition government,” referencing the growing division and significantly differing factions within the party.
“This is a political-leaning conference right now, not a policy-leaning conference,” he said in an interview with Politico. He explained this resulted because “our party is a populist-leaning party right now, not a policy-leaning party.”
During his time in office, Ryan was known for his conservative budget framework and was particularly focused on the rising national debt. He was known as a fiscal hawk throughout his tenure, and while voting with Republicans on cultural issues, he was less vocal on them. However, cultural issues have increasingly moved to the forefront of the GOP.
Former President Donald Trump, who boasts the support of most Republican voters going into the 2024 primary elections, oversaw the national debt's rise by several trillion without losing significant support. As Trump's prominence in the party remains, attitudes among members have shifted away from intervention and toward isolationism when it comes to foreign policy. Concerns about the debt have subsided to an extent as Trump's plans for immigration and China policies have taken precedence. The issues of transgenderism and LGBT presence in schools have also climbed in importance. The party has subsequently seen shifts in its base, with a larger share of non-college-educated and working-class voters making it up.
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Speaking of fusion…
Note to Ryan: Populism IS the policy
Paul Ryan?
You mean Krispy Kristie and Mitt Romney’s manservant?
Conservatives vs the assistant democrats. It’s no mystery what jackass Ryan is.
But you don’t mean anything you say, Mr. Ryan.
Why would you even attempt to speak to us?
I think he provides other services we are not allowed to discuss on this platform, if you know what I mean. 😋
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Ryan is unaware Joey Two Scoops got $30 Million in bribes and Policy requests.
He missed the whole story. Just like McConnell, Romney, Graham, Thune, Ernst, Murkowski, Collins, and the rest of the Swampers.
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Why bother posting what Paul Ryan says?
“Majoritarian”....
Ryan is a vagitarian.
You have a point, but the devil never sleeps and Paul Ryan... is working with him. So there is that...
fiscal hawk? What a joke. This clown passed an extremely bloated budget.
Dude is one of the biggest traitors of all time. He’s worse than Judas Pence.
his only real job was driving a wienermobile. Spent most of his life grifting off the taxpayers. Romeny’s butt buddy. Just go away RINO!
MSN was involved with Ryan “pushing grandma off the cliff” ad.
Funny how he never challenged them on that.
God forgive me for the thoughts and anger I harbor for this self serving turncoat son of a bitch. May he find a miserable death and his offspring suffer from his ill gotten gain. I truly hate this bastard.
Yes ... a populist leaning party trying to clean up the BAD policy side of the party.
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