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Paul Ryan weighs in on the division inside the GOP amid speaker fight
MSN ^ | October 19, 2023 | Julia Johnson

Posted on 10/23/2023 7:44:00 PM PDT by DoodleBob

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan weighed in on the current struggle for the Republican conference to elect a new speaker of the House following the historic ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

Of the publicly fractured House Republicans, he said the conference is "basically a bifurcated coalition government,” referencing the growing division and significantly differing factions within the party.

“This is a political-leaning conference right now, not a policy-leaning conference,” he said in an interview with Politico. He explained this resulted because “our party is a populist-leaning party right now, not a policy-leaning party.”

During his time in office, Ryan was known for his conservative budget framework and was particularly focused on the rising national debt. He was known as a fiscal hawk throughout his tenure, and while voting with Republicans on cultural issues, he was less vocal on them. However, cultural issues have increasingly moved to the forefront of the GOP.

Former President Donald Trump, who boasts the support of most Republican voters going into the 2024 primary elections, oversaw the national debt's rise by several trillion without losing significant support. As Trump's prominence in the party remains, attitudes among members have shifted away from intervention and toward isolationism when it comes to foreign policy. Concerns about the debt have subsided to an extent as Trump's plans for immigration and China policies have taken precedence. The issues of transgenderism and LGBT presence in schools have also climbed in importance. The party has subsequently seen shifts in its base, with a larger share of non-college-educated and working-class voters making it up.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: assistantdemocrat; clowns; clownshow; coupaccomplice; eddiemunster; enjoytheshow; globalism; gopclownshow; loser; pathetic; paulryan; rino; rinoryan; rinosedition
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To: DoodleBob

To translate this Ryan-speak, substitute “lobbyist” for “policy” and “voter” for “populist” or “political”.


41 posted on 10/24/2023 4:55:52 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: DoodleBob

“...shifted away from intervention and toward isolationism when it comes to foreign policy...”

Julia Johnson is an imbecile. Non-intervention does not mean isolation. What MAGA wants in foreign policy is to:

1) Stop forcing the homosexual/transsexual agenda on nations of the world.

2) Stop the CIA from engaging in assassination, oil pipe line sabotage, and other skullduggery.

3) Stop the CDC and WHO from pushing untested “vaccines” and funding abortions at American taxpayer expense.

4) Stop the DHS from importing millions and millions of illegal aliens from shit hole countries into the USA.

5) Stop funding Hamas, Iran, Hezbollah and every other terrorist group that hates America.

DO you get it now Julia Johnson?, idiot writer for the Washington Examiner. /spit


42 posted on 10/24/2023 5:24:05 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: DoodleBob

Does anyone even care what Paul Ryno and MSN think?


43 posted on 10/24/2023 6:42:37 AM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: M. Thatcher

I didn’t do that.


44 posted on 10/24/2023 7:43:41 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²e a truck through this law.)
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To: DoodleBob

Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney, McCain, Bush, McConnell, Cornyn are what is wrong with the Republican party.


45 posted on 10/24/2023 8:06:15 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: DoodleBob

Perfect! :-D


46 posted on 10/24/2023 8:10:09 AM PDT by nutmeg
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To: DoodleBob; All

“our party is a populist-leaning party right now, not a policy-leaning party.”

What an idiot!

A populist part is a policy set that pus forward POLICIES favored by the vast majority of voters.

“Policy leaning” indicates policies not popular with the electorate, but which our betters believe are good for us.


47 posted on 10/24/2023 9:02:33 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: navymom1

Without realizing it, they have no regard for themselves.


48 posted on 10/24/2023 9:44:19 AM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: reasonisfaith

Our church service last Sunday touched on the subject of rendering unto Caesar and corrupt government. Still for me Arrogant, corrupt injustice, and those who profit from it, remains a strident pet peeve.


49 posted on 10/24/2023 10:10:47 AM PDT by navymom1
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To: TheCipher

Mr Ryan, we, The People, know good policy when we see it. You mental midgets in DC haven’t made good policy in decades.


50 posted on 10/24/2023 10:16:37 AM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: AnthonySoprano

51 posted on 10/24/2023 10:19:53 AM PDT by hcmama
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Yup, unless it is his last words before he jumps from a bridge. I hate that weasel.


52 posted on 10/24/2023 10:40:31 AM PDT by Mouton (US Home to one party rule)
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To: DoodleBob

Paul RINO is the epitome of irrelevant. He couldn’t even soundly defeat BIDEN in a VP debate.


53 posted on 10/24/2023 11:58:22 AM PDT by fwdude (.)
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To: DoodleBob

Oh, boy! I just couldn’t wait to hear that person weigh in on this.


54 posted on 10/25/2023 5:50:57 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: Newtoidaho
Conservatives vs the assistant democrats. It’s no mystery what jackass Ryan is.

Partner, Ryan is an assistant democrat.

Why is Ryan a Republican since he really is a democrat.

Why did Ryan even run as VP candidate in 2012 with the other idiot assistant democrat Romney as the POTUS candidate.

55 posted on 10/25/2023 8:07:41 AM PDT by TheConservativeTejano (The Business of America is Business)
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To: Newtoidaho
Conservatives vs the assistant democrats. It’s no mystery what jackass Ryan is.

Partner, Ryan is an assistant democrat.

Why is Ryan a Republican since he really is a democrat.

Why did Ryan even run as VP candidate in 2012 with the other idiot assistant democrat Romney as the POTUS candidate.

56 posted on 10/25/2023 8:08:19 AM PDT by TheConservativeTejano (The Business of America is Business)
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