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Paul Ryan Could Be Ousted In 4 Weeks, Lame Duck Would Be In Chaos
forbes.com ^ | 10/23/16 | Stan Collender

Posted on 10/23/2016 6:01:32 AM PDT by cotton1706

I may have been way too optimistic a week ago when I posted that it was “hard to come up with a realistic scenario that ends with Paul Ryan (R-WI) as speaker of the House of Representatives in the next Congress.”

Never mind the next Congress: It now looks like Ryan could be deposed or forced to resign this Congress in the lame duck session that begins a week after Election Day.

In other words, Ryan may no longer be speaker about four weeks from now.

I say this after hearing from several highly reliable sources that the House Freedom Caucus is seriously considering doing to Ryan what it did to former Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) by threatening him with a privileged motion to vacate the chair. If a majority of the House supported the motion, Ryan would be removed immediately as speaker.

Getting 218 House Republicans to vote for a motion to vacate won’t be easy.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: congress; elections; paulryan; ryan; speaker
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To: Carl Vehse
Being ousted couldn’t happen to a more deserving sack of RINOcrap.

The problem isn't Ryan. The problem is all the congressional RINOs who voted for Ryan.

61 posted on 10/23/2016 1:50:16 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: cotton1706

so the Democrat will win over him? Even though he is a RINO, I would think it better for Ryan to win than a Democrat which is even worse..we best watch what we are hoping for.


62 posted on 10/23/2016 2:00:55 PM PDT by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: cotton1706

I believe Ryan would quit now. He can’t stay Speaker, lose the House and run in 2020 which is what he really wants.


63 posted on 10/23/2016 2:14:42 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: lodi90

If Comrade Hellry wins by hook or crook, no GOP Presidential candidate will ever win again.

It will be “All Socialism, All The Time”.

Lyin’ Ryan, at best, does not have the IQ to grasp this reality.

He will be able to join in on the looting if he plays by the rules.


64 posted on 10/23/2016 2:18:31 PM PDT by newfreep ("If Lyin' Ted was an American citizen, he would be a traitor.")
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To: ConservativeMind

Double that. How is he doing in his race?


65 posted on 10/23/2016 2:41:03 PM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Carl Vehse

Tell me about it, that piece of rat filth can go F himself in the worst way. I’ve been voting Republican since the Reagan/Carter election, never in my LIFE have I EVER seen a Republican party like this - one that not only actively works AGAINST it’s own nominee to help the Democratic nominee, but to also help a democratic nominee who is a multiple FELON - and she IS a felon, who do they think they are kidding? The law is blindingly clear when it states GROSS NEGLIGENCE!

18 USC Ch. 37: ESPIONAGE AND CENSORSHIP
From Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I—CRIMES
§793. Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information
(f) Whoever, being entrusted with or having lawful possession or control of any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information, relating to the national defense, (1) through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, or to be lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, or (2) having knowledge that the same has been illegally removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of its trust, or lost, or stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, and fails to make prompt report of such loss, theft, abstraction, or destruction to his superior officer—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
(g) If two or more persons conspire to violate any of the foregoing provisions of this section, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be subject to the punishment provided for the offense which is the object of such conspiracy.


66 posted on 10/23/2016 2:41:19 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hillary Clinton IS a felon.)
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To: cotton1706

Drumbeat from mainstream outlets now

Could be for real


67 posted on 10/23/2016 2:46:43 PM PDT by wardaddy (the traitorous GOPe deserves Third of May 1808 if ever a party did....)
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To: wardaddy

Punk Ryan is a doormat. You can bet he would quit and run from a fight to keep his Speakership.


68 posted on 10/23/2016 2:50:39 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: cotton1706

Ryan should be tried for high treason.


69 posted on 10/23/2016 2:51:20 PM PDT by WashingtonFire
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To: dp0622

His numbers have recently dipped, but he’s leading.


70 posted on 10/23/2016 2:55:33 PM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: ConservativeMind

HOW?!!!!!!!!!

I know it’s “good” (that’s so hard to say) that he wins and counts as an R, but God i hate him.


71 posted on 10/23/2016 2:58:40 PM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: CondorFlight

I often thought perhaps the Gop was using Ryan just as a chess piece they could move around....he has never been actually into accepting these positions....but willing, it seems, to be played for a time. So it may not be any skin off his nose among his peers.


72 posted on 10/23/2016 4:11:25 PM PDT by caww
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To: newfreep

A write at Breitbart was right on: it’s progressive Globalists vs. Nationalist conservatives. All over the world. Time for choosing.


73 posted on 10/23/2016 6:57:37 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: CondorFlight

because a majority of those idiots voted him in? He’s got powerful shadows behind him to coerce a couple of guys to set their votes the last time..


74 posted on 10/23/2016 7:49:27 PM PDT by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: Karl Spooner

Ryan-o does seem to understand the psyche of Badgers.


75 posted on 10/23/2016 7:55:47 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Trump-Pence, 2016)
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To: servantboy777

If the establishment isn’t afraid of the people, why do they have to lie about everything they do?

They’re terrified.


76 posted on 10/23/2016 8:31:48 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: Karl Spooner

He is an advocate of big government, not a classical Liberal!


77 posted on 10/23/2016 9:58:15 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Carl Vehse

Uniparty exists on our side too. Our “leadership” ranks are highly infected.


78 posted on 10/23/2016 10:38:08 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: semimojo

Boehner Mk2’s replacement will be Boehner mk3


79 posted on 10/24/2016 1:42:57 AM PDT by SPDSHDW (Ever onward.)
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To: tennmountainman
Vote for the other democrat Nov 8th in Ryan’s WI district.
And get rid of Ryan for good.

That would be the ultimate Cantorization, wouldn't it!

80 posted on 10/24/2016 2:54:09 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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