Tag: Paul Ryan
Et Tu, Bannon?
On Capitol Hill, the intrigue’s as thick as the Roman Senate.
If Trumpcare fails, Ryan loses, and for Bannon, that’s great.
So, in a sneak attack,
When Steve stabs Paul in the back,
It’s all for the goal of deconstructing the “administrative state.”
Ryan Speaks More with Trump than Obama — Duh!
I have spoken more with Donald Trump in the last month more than I have spoken with Barack Obama in the last eight years.”
— Speaker Paul Ryan, quoted by the Washington Examiner. It should be noted that Ryan has been speaker only since October 2015, prior to which why would the president speak regularly to a congressman from a “flyover” state?
If Trump Loses, Hannity Will Blame Ryan
If in 96 days Trump loses this election, I am pointing the finger directly at people like Paul Ryan.
— Sean Hannity, quoted by Yahoo News.
Ryan: Trump Not the Kind of Conservative Who Says Darn
He’s not my kind of conservative, but I come from a different part and wing of the party… I think he is a conservative. There are different kinds of conservatives, that’s for darn sure.
— Speaker Paul Ryan, asserting that he believes that Donald Trump is a conservative — just “not my kind of conservative,” The Hill reports.
Source Close to Speaker Ryan: Trump Secretly Plans to Cut Social Security If Elected
A report by Josh Green in Bloomberg News on May 26 included a bombshell that could put Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on the defensive, if the mainstream media were to pick it up.
Buried 20 or so paragraphs into the piece, which focuses on Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus’ world of woe — and released on the day before the Memorial Day holiday — is a claim from a source who appears to be close to Speaker Paul Ryan that Donald Trump secretly plans to cut Social Security and other entitlements if he’s elected president.
The exchanged occurred when Trump met with Ryan earlier this month, expecting to be endorsed by Speaker Ryan, who was the vice presidential nominee on the ticket with Trump’s nemesis, Mitt Romney. Here’s what Josh Green reported:
