Posted on 10/20/2016 6:59:21 PM PDT by cotton1706
The rise of Donald Trump has given Paul Ryan heartburn all year. And that may not change after Election Day.
The GOP presidential nominee has repeatedly accused Ryan, the nation’s highest-ranking elected Republican, of being disloyal to his campaign.
If Trump is trounced by Hillary Clinton on Nov. 8, many believe he’ll turn his wrath — and his millions of loyal followers — against Ryan as he runs for reelection as Speaker. Trump already appears to be looking for ways to explain his potential loss in the White House race.
Fox News host Sean Hannity, an ally of Trump, is dialing up the rhetoric against Ryan, telling The Washington Post this week that the Wisconsin lawmaker is a “saboteur” who “needed to be called out and replaced.”
And last Friday, top leaders of the far-right House Freedom Caucus held a conference call in which they discussed backing a challenger to Ryan in the Speaker’s race, set for one week after the election, The Hill has learned. Some lawmakers are floating caucus Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), though his aides said he won’t run.
“A lot of conservatives are hearing in great volume back in their districts calls to dump Ryan. If we don’t have somebody that runs against him, it makes us look like we’re complicit,” said a lawmaker on the Freedom Caucus call.
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The one thing in Ryan’s favor is that literally no one else wanted the job!
I generally agree with two exceptions, McCain and Ryan.
I sincerely hope they lose.
But then there’s all those dead people.
Yep!
I agree.
I do not want to lose the Senate. It’s tough this year because we have more people up for re-election.
You can’t count on McCain for much of anything, but then you don’t want them having the leadership either.
“Trump already appears to be looking for ways to explain his potential loss in the White House race.”
That whole article was written just to insert the above sentence. That is the way these people are.
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving jerk
Well said, however, I would argue that politicians
give ordinary scum a bad name. LOL
GOOD NEWS!!!
Ryan is GOP establishment rubbish. He’ll be one of the most forgotten about speakers in history once we’re rid of him and his ilk. His political career is coming to an end. He just doesn’t know it yet.
Ummmm... GOOD!
Never Ryan! Give him a dose of what the idiot never Trump crowd has been screaming. Never Ryan for any elected office he ever seeks.
Ryan is a piece of garbage.
One can hope...
I’d definitely like to see a more conservative Speaker.
I am not sure we have the votes to elect someone as conservative as we might like. But we may have the votes to oust Ryan.
Just as long as we don’t get a weasel like Kevin McCarthy.
This seems as good a thread as any to make another important point. If the worst happens and DJT loses (a horrifying thought), many of the same Republicans who trashed him will quietly be going to Trump seeking campaign contributions. If I were Trump, I’d tell them all to go pound sand. (Actually, I wouldn’t be that polite.)
FLUSH LYIN’ RYAN !
Win or loose ryan is a cooked turkey. He did it to himself by being a RINO and a obama butt kisser.
Nobody reads the propaganda Hill garbage except Scott Wong’s mommy and FReepers like me who have the day off and are looking for a bit of amusement.
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