Paul Ryan Archives

Ryan: Trump Stands Up for the ‘Forgotten Man’

June 25, 2019 Buck Banks

“He’s not taking any crap. I mean, he’s taking on political correctness; he’s taking fights that a lot of people want to see fought. The forgotten man that he speaks to is a person that finally feels like they’re being taken seriously, they’re being paid attention to. And he’s concerned about their issues. … That is the guttural core of what I would call the party base right now, the Trump base.”

— Former Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), telling PBS Newshour that President Trump’s popularity is because he stands up for the “forgotten man.”

Ryan: If Campaign Is About Trump’s Personality, He’ll Lose

March 12, 2019 Buck Banks

“The person who defines that race is going to win the race. If this is about Donald Trump and his personality, he isn’t going to win it.”

— Former Speaker Paul Ryan, quoted by TCPalm. On the 2020 presidential race.

Paul Ryan Has Been Singing the Same Tax Song for Three Decades

December 20, 2017 Buck Banks

“Our tax system is punishing all those qualities that make America great.”

— Speaker Paul Ryan, in a video celebrating the GOP tax bill, when he was a 28-year old congressman.

Ryan: Have More Babies or No More Entitlements!

December 15, 2017 Buck Banks

“This is going to be the new economic challenge for America: people. Baby boomers are retiring — I did my part, but we need to have higher birth rates in this country. Baby boomers are retiring and we have fewer people following them in the workforce.”

— Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), suggesting that Americans need to have more babies or risk a collapse of popular entitlements like Medicare and Social Security, The Hill reports.

Lumps of Coal

October 13, 2017 Buck Banks

Healthcare reform just gets more twisted and vicious,
And tax reform looks like a lot of unfinished business.
They’ve all been naughty, not nice,
And after checking his list twice,
Santa Ryan says Congress has to stay in session through Christmas\.

Ryan Thinks Tax Reform Will Be Easier than Healthcare

August 23, 2017 Buck Banks

“I believe it’s going to be far easier for us to do tax reform than it was for, say, health care reform.”

— Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), in a CNN town hall meeting.

Ryan’s Approval Rating Even Lower than Trump’s

July 19, 2017 Buck Banks

34%

A new Bloomberg poll finds more people now view Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) in a negative light rather than a positive one, 48% to 34%. Just six months ago, only 31% held a negative view of Ryan, while 47% looked at him favorably.

Steve Bannon’s Candid Assessment of Paul Ryan

July 18, 2017 Buck Banks

“A limp-d*ck motherf**ker who was born in a petri dish at the Heritage Foundation.”

— White House adviser Stephen Bannon, quoted by HuffPost, describing Speaker Paul Ryan in the new book, Devil’s Bargain by Joshua Green.

In 2009, Ryan Still Had a Conscience

May 4, 2017 Buck Banks

“I don’t think we should pass bills that we haven’t read that we don’t know what they cost.”

— Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), interviewed on MSNBC in 2009.

Rhymes with ‘Paul’

April 27, 2017 Buck Banks

Paul Ryan’s first attempt at Trumpcare 1 was a nice try.
But now has to pass Trumpcare 2 — or explain why.
Ryan’s about the politics,
While Trump’s about the optics,
And if he fails, Paul Ryan is Donald Trump’s fall guy.

— Former Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), telling PBS Newshour that President Trump’s popularity is because he stands up for the “forgotten man.”

“The person who defines that race is going to win the race. If this is about Donald Trump and his personality, he isn’t going to win it.”

— Former Speaker Paul Ryan, quoted by TCPalm. On the 2020 presidential race.

“Our tax system is punishing all those qualities that make America great.”

— Speaker Paul Ryan, in a video celebrating the GOP tax bill, when he was a 28-year old congressman.

“This is going to be the new economic challenge for America: people. Baby boomers are retiring — I did my part, but we need to have higher birth rates in this country. Baby boomers are retiring and we have fewer people following them in the workforce.”

— Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), suggesting that Americans need to have more babies or risk a collapse of popular entitlements like Medicare and Social Security, The Hill reports.

“I believe it’s going to be far easier for us to do tax reform than it was for, say, health care reform.”

— Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), in a CNN town hall meeting.

34%

A new Bloomberg poll finds more people now view Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) in a negative light rather than a positive one, 48% to 34%. Just six months ago, only 31% held a negative view of Ryan, while 47% looked at him favorably.

“A limp-d*ck motherf**ker who was born in a petri dish at the Heritage Foundation.”

— White House adviser Stephen Bannon, quoted by HuffPost, describing Speaker Paul Ryan in the new book, Devil’s Bargain by Joshua Green.

“I don’t think we should pass bills that we haven’t read that we don’t know what they cost.”

— Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), interviewed on MSNBC in 2009.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

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30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%