Posted on 05/27/2021 7:06:56 AM PDT by RandFan
Former House Speaker Paul Ryan is set to criticize former President Donald Trump and his hold on the Republican Party during a speech Thursday night, according to excerpts obtained by CNN.
Ryan, a critic of the former President in the past, is expected to say at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, that Republicans must move away from the "populist appeal of one personality" because "then we're not going anywhere."
"Once again, we conservatives find ourselves at a crossroads. And here's one reality we have to face: If the conservative cause depends on the populist appeal of one personality, or on second-rate imitations, then we're not going anywhere. Voters looking for Republican leaders want to see independence and mettle," Ryan is expected to say.
Punchbowl News was first to report the excerpts.
Although Ryan doesn't mention Trump by name in his criticism, the expected remarks by the Republican Party's 2012 vice presidential nominee will add him to a growing list of establishment Republicans who are publicly objecting to Trump's grip on the party.
(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...
Dear Paul, you will only make matters worse for the GOPe. We do not like you at all. Go join the RAT party where you fit in just fine. We will never forget how you backstabbed us on a regular basis. Get lost ya jackass.
Paul Ryan:
At best, he’s a leftwing big govt socialist RINO.
At worse, he’s a leftwing big govt socialist.
He’s off messin’ around with boys like so many of the Lincoln project fellas do.
Tell us about Romney and your victory.
This is concerning to me.
Paul Ryan is snake and a liar but he is shrewd and knows which way the wind is blowing.
Him saying this out of the blue tells me that he knows something that we don’t know.
Go fu*k yourself Eddie Munster!
Just who is going to attend and how much do they want to sacrifice America to enrich hemselves?
More like 75-90 American latched onto Trump and are free to let go at any time.
Go home Paul....
The days of the base accepting the uniparty BS are over.
Eddie Munster says what?
I left the GOP because of people like Paul Ryan and that the party never supported President Trump.
Ryan is parroting Democrat party talking points. This type of blatant gaslighting should never be allowed at the Reagan library. Shameful.
Quit posting fake CNN on here. What’s the matter with you?
You wanna give their site clicks and views? Why are you helping them?
I left back in 2009 and registered as an Independent.
SO sick of the Republican party. I’m a Trump supporter, not a member of the GOP any more.
Romney/Ryan, 2012. What the hell were we thinking?
Paul Ryan proved to be useless when he had the speakers hip. Why should anyone listen to him now?
Paul Ryan is a piece of crap rino that did more harm than good for AMERICA. It’s time for these self serving elite to shut up and get out of the way. TRUMP IS COMING!!
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Nothing says ‘wallowing in failure’ like BEING A guest on CNN does
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