Posted on 05/07/2016 9:07:23 PM PDT by Innovative
Reps. Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia and Dennis Ross of Florida who, as House whips, help Republican leaders muster support to pass legislation told POLITICO in interviews on Friday that they disagreed with Ryans decision to break with Trump in a bombshell interview a day earlier. Both lawmakers said they believe their leader is in denial about how Republican voters feel about the real-estate tycoon.
I honestly dont understand what Pauls thinking I dont get it, said Westmoreland, who is retiring after this year. I try not to give advice to the speaker, but I think it just really brought about, in my opinion, even more confusion to this thing.
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We are beginning to see the new Republican Party, kinder, more compassionate, and one lead by Trump who lives and works in the “real” world. He is a realist!
A great politician works with both sides, but will, in the end, come out with the policy he/she wanted in the beginning.
Each side will always believe, they won. But in fact, the American people will win.
Ryan made a huge mistake, HUGE. He was a deer in the headlights and he was hoping to straddle the fence between the establishment and his buddy Romney and the will of the people. But what he said opened the floodgates for the malcontents to pour gas on the "not unified" story. RYan should have said: "I very much look forward to meeting Mr. Trump next week". and the zipped it. Instead, he made another career ending blunder, just like his boss Romney who folded during the third debate. It tells me Ryan is not smart enough for prime time - throw him OUT!
Well, you know what they say about the word assume...
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