Posted on 11/10/2022 7:51:16 AM PST by SoConPubbie
Paul Ryan wants to make one thing crystal clear: He is for any Republican not named Donald Trump in 2024.
“That new swing voter in American politics is the suburban voter, and it’s really clear the suburban voter doesn’t like Trump, but they like Republicans,” the former House speaker said during a recent appearance on Fox Business. “So I think anybody not named Trump, I think is so much more likely to win the White House for us.”
Which is blunt!
Ryan’s assessment comes even as Trump appears not only likely to run again, but is making preparations for what a third bid for president would look like.
As CNN’s Gabby Orr reported on Tuesday, Trump appears to be “accelerating his plans for another presidential campaign,” going as far as to weigh where the campaign would be based (Florida and the Washington, DC, area are the two leading options) and who might help lead the effort (longtime GOP operative Chris LaCivita is seen as one possibility).
Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican who left office in 2019 amid the hostile takeover of the Republican Party by Trump, has not been shy about offering his skepticism about the former President running again for the White House.
“Whether he runs or not, I don’t really know if it matters,” Ryan said earlier this month. “He’s not going to be the nominee, I don’t think.”
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Paul Ryan is on the scratch list and he knows it.
Paul who?
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Who cares? Trump or DeSantis, it doesn’t matter! Ignore the soap opera distraction ruse. How many quality candidates did either recruit for ‘24 today? How much money raised? What’s the unified position on the Uke quagmire? You know stuff that wins elections, not this clap trap soap opera BS.
GTH, Ryan...no more DUmocrats with an “R” next to their name.
What’s clear is that no one wants Paul Ryno which why he’s no longer in office.
I like this. Trump will instantly become more popular when he goes back to salvaging Repukes in the primary. Trying to get those same Repukes elected is much harder.
Ryan. former worthless speaker who couldn’t pass anything while holding a majority house.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
We have $180 million. Do I hear $200, going once, going twice. SOLD to the billionaire donor class.
Or at least that's how they think.
In a way, the repub presidential primary is already underway. Trump knows this which is what I think explains him going after DeSantis a bit. He's going into primary campaign mode in a way. Some of these donors are neverTrumpers, some globalist, some RINO, some former Trump supporters and many are donating to both.
Meh. I vote for ideas, not the person. Sorry, I am not into political idolatry. But that cuts 2 ways. If you think I will vote for some deep state tool just because he has a R in front of their name then you are sadly mistaken.
I voted Trump twice because I supported his policies. But his presence is wearing thin. I am not adverse to new blood as long as I can support their policies .
Without Trump and just a couple others (not including Ryan) the GOP would have disappeared from history several years ago already.
It basically offers no relief from the D’s communistic/ nazified “soft” dictatorship —- and has done almost nothing about the DNC Election Theft Machine or SorozNazi and his evil co- conspirators
In short, GOP is mostly part of the problem not the solution
He’s afraid of Trump. Trump has him figured out as a real chicken sh*t rat bastard. They don’t come any lower than Ryan/Romney now that McCain has passed on.
Hey, shout it from the rooftop and mountain tops.
RESTORE AMERICA’S FREE CONSTITUTIONAL REPIUBLIC!!!!
I want Paul Ryan to give up breathing.
The 3 Punks!
I do not give a crap what Paul Ryan wants or thinks. He can kiss my ass.
Paul Ryan is a rat- faced POS....
I’ll listen to advice from anyone not named Paul Ryan..
My personal favorite response to ahzoles....DON’T CARE! Just who in the phuc is Ryan in the bigger scheme of life? A backstabbing slime that lives to be relevant but isn’t. Simple fact is between the liberal progressive trash on BOTH sides of the aisle, the leftist “scumbags of the media” that insult our intelligence daily, the social media bots that aren’t even real people and the weak-minded mo-rons who wouldn’t know the difference between a perpetuated lie and the real unadulterated truth if it fell on them like a brick....Trump is STILL standing in the gap for His people! And who are His people? AMERICANS! Not the willfully stupid or the inured who have been successfully blinded by the constant bombardment of leftist indoctrination and have no original thoughts of their own anymore....no. it is the people who are the true blue, red blooded , Constitution believing Americans who are grieving to the Heart at what the progressives are doing to this Great country and are looking for someone made of the Iron necessary to lead the American salvation of this republic by those who believe in Her and are willing to do the hard work to restore it. Are you that person? Because Ryan sure isn’t.
Let’s go, Paul...
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