Posted on 05/06/2016 7:02:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
pat buchanan told Trump not to suck up to these clowns, if they want to leave, let ‘em.
Why was this loser promoted to Speaker of the House?
Nobody else wanted it?
Trumps initial response to Ryan’s statement did not help mend things. If you want to unify the party you can’t just keep attacking the other factions.
Don’t bother, Trump: these people have and will again stab you in the back.
They were planning to at the convention:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3428106/posts
Ryan wants to be noticed. He wants to portray himself — a politician who has been elected by comparatively few people in his small district — as someone who is on equal footing with Trump, who has been winning elections nationwide. He wants to be seen as a man so powerful and big that he can force Trump to court him, etc. It is all optics for his upcoming election. He is facing a challenger in a few months.
His election to his office is not a sign of his strength but is a sign of the weakness of the Republican body that elected him.
Ryan is really a sissy who got lucky.
No, but you do have to establish the pecking order.
And Ryan is a peckerhead, for sure.
His opponent there is a local business man and employer Paul Nehlen, who puts a face on the downside of the effects of 'free' trade.
It would be sweet justice if the Speaker of the House, Republican convention chairman, and future Presidential candidate lost a primary race in his own district.
Let’s see, Ryan denies support and you are blaming Trump for not unifying the party??
Part of Ryan’s statement: “I think conservatives want to know, ‘Does he share our values and our principles on limited government, the proper role of the executive, adherence to the Constitution?’”
After giving the most far left President we’ve ever had everything he wanted, and doing NOTHING to promote conservatism, Ryan has nerve talking about limited government. Please, WI, vote this guy out!
“the core principles of the Republican Party” -— Seems to me, in practice, on a Congressional level, they are perfectly aligned with Obama.
“Let’s see, Ryan denies support and you are blaming Trump for not unifying the party??”
1. Ryan delayed support, he didn’t deny it (like Romney just did)
2. Leadership is the art of persuading people to do things they otherwise wouldn’t do. It’s time for Trump to show leadership. His prospective meeting with Ryan is a step in that direction.
His intended audience was the American people, not Paul Ryan.
Shuffling up to the Speaker's Office, hat in hand, would be weak and out of character.
Paul Ryan still has a primary opponent, a charismatic badass businessman with one of the best campaign ads I've ever seen, in a district that Trump won. He's the one who ought to think about treading gingerly.
“I am going to win over my opponents and skeptics”.
Gotta say, I like the Reaganesque confidence.
Great news!
Ryan is not interested in unifying anything. He’s demanding that Trump follow the newly devised RNC political agenda that Ryan, Mitt and donors came up with to control the President of the United States. Trump will not be controlled by them and their agenda. This is why Ryan is throwing a tantrum.
Trump’s own words: “I am not ready to support Speaker Ryan’s agenda. Perhaps in the future we can work together and come to an agreement about what is best for the American people. They have been treated so badly for so long that it is about time for politicians to put them first!”
Paul Manafort should have a conversation with Ryan, telling Ryan to clean out his desk.
No, Ryan is a traitor to this country.
1). Paul Ryan is not displaying leadership (your definition)
2). Donald Trump will display leadership when he explains to Paul Ryan the Trump plan!
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