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Paul Ryan won't seek re-election
CNN ^
| 11 Apr 2018
| Phil Mattingly, Maegan Vazquez and Lauren Fox
Posted on 04/11/2018 9:41:08 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
House Speaker Paul Ryan is not seeking re-election and will retire from Congress after this year, the Wisconsin Republican announced Wednesday. "You realize something when you take this job," Ryan told reporters on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning. "It's a big job with a lot riding on you ... but you also know this is not a job that does not last forever. ... You realize you hold the office for just a small part of our history. So you better make the most of it." He reminded reporters that he took the job "reluctantly" in 2015, when he took over from John Boehner, but Ryan also said he has no "regrets."
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 115th; 2018midterms; congress; rino; ryan; speakerryan; wi2018
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It's official. From his own mouth.
To: Alas Babylon!
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posted on
04/11/2018 9:41:59 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Alas Babylon!
Good.
The only question is will the next one be a worse RINO/Never Trumper.
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posted on
04/11/2018 9:42:15 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(robert mueller is an unguided missile)
To: Alas Babylon!
Ryan had a lot more power than he ever really deserved. Shows how weak the GOP is.
To: freedumb2003
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posted on
04/11/2018 9:46:03 AM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Berlin_Freeper
So what’s next? He becomes a lobbyist? Or a talking head on cable news shows?
To: Berlin_Freeper
Ryan could be in that position for life if he just supported Trump and his agenda. His ego got in the way of his duty and now he’s out.
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posted on
04/11/2018 9:47:12 AM PDT
by
Dutch Boy
To: Alas Babylon!
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posted on
04/11/2018 9:47:31 AM PDT
by
EdnaMode
To: Dilbert San Diego
look for the worst RINOS to join up with the Rats and put McCarthy in if we keep the house.
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posted on
04/11/2018 9:49:11 AM PDT
by
gibsonguy
To: Alas Babylon!
To: freedumb2003
Already on CNN, they’re barking about two theroies:
1. Ryan left because he couldn’t, like everyone else, stand Trump.
2. Ryan knows the GOP is facing a bloodbath in November and doesn’t want to be the Minority Leader.
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posted on
04/11/2018 9:50:06 AM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(If white privilege is real, why do we have millions of poor white people?)
To: Alas Babylon!
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posted on
04/11/2018 9:50:07 AM PDT
by
W.
(.44 Magnum. No further questions needed.)
To: Alas Babylon!
Quite successful career in Washington.
In his term, GOP’s got WH, kept the majority in congress.
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posted on
04/11/2018 9:50:56 AM PDT
by
granada
To: Alas Babylon!
One can only be Captain of the GOPe's
Washington Generals for so long before pride kicks in ...
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posted on
04/11/2018 9:52:13 AM PDT
by
SecondAmendment
(Restoring our Republic at 9.8357x10^8 FPS)
To: SecondAmendment
Bye bye, brave Sir Robin!
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posted on
04/11/2018 9:53:44 AM PDT
by
jyo19
To: Alas Babylon!
-—but Ryan also said he has no “regrets.”-—
I wish I could say the same.
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posted on
04/11/2018 9:53:45 AM PDT
by
Paulie
(America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
To: granada
In his term, GOP’s got WH, kept the majority in congress
Neither of those had anything to do with Paul Ryan.
To: Alas Babylon!
He should resign as Speaker today so we can get a leader in there.
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posted on
04/11/2018 9:54:45 AM PDT
by
Lisbon1940
(No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
To: Alas Babylon!
I wish soon-to-be-former Rep. Ryan a very happy retirement.
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posted on
04/11/2018 9:55:02 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(I have the easiest life in the history of the world.)
To: Tax-chick
He’s not retiring, he’s got a nice lobbying gig lined up.
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posted on
04/11/2018 9:55:42 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
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