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Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) says he’s willing to relinquish his duties as chairman of the Republican National Convention in July if Donald Trump requests it.“He's the nominee. I'll do whatever he wants,” Ryan said during an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday. A Ryan aide confirmed the remarks posted by the paper’s reporters on Twitter.
The willingness to hand over the convention position comes ahead of Ryan’s Capitol Hill meeting this Thursday with Trump and Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus.
This could be Ryan's moment.
I was about to give him a shred of respect in my mind....
Read more @: Ryan: I’ll step down as convention chairman if Trump asks
Jeeesh. :dohAbsolutely no backbone. Interesting how many of these Republicans were so anti-Trump before hand, saying he would be terrible, and how unpresidential he is and now many of them are on hands and knees for him. Hell of an election year, thats for sure. [/FONT][/COLOR]
Read more @: Ryan: I’ll step down as convention chairman if Trump asks
Jeeesh. :dohAbsolutely no backbone. Interesting how many of these Republicans were so anti-Trump before hand, saying he would be terrible, and how unpresidential he is and now many of them are on hands and knees for him. Hell of an election year, thats for sure. [/FONT][/COLOR]
Read more @: Ryan: I’ll step down as convention chairman if Trump asks
Jeeesh. :dohAbsolutely no backbone. Interesting how many of these Republicans were so anti-Trump before hand, saying he would be terrible, and how unpresidential he is and now many of them are on hands and knees for him. Hell of an election year, thats for sure. [/FONT][/COLOR]
Read more @: Ryan: I’ll step down as convention chairman if Trump asks
Jeeesh. :dohAbsolutely no backbone. Interesting how many of these Republicans were so anti-Trump before hand, saying he would be terrible, and how unpresidential he is and now many of them are on hands and knees for him. Hell of an election year, thats for sure. [/FONT][/COLOR]
It's quite simple actually. Any politician that has been in the game for more than two minutes knows:
If you oppose a candidate in your party's primary who then goes on to take your party's nomination - the amount of crow you must eat [immediately] is proportional to your initial opposition. Ryan, and a lot of establishment republicans like him, has gone beyond what any smart politician does in his opposition during the primary. Now, the amount of crow he is due to eat just may choke his career to death.
Actually that's a smart move by Ryan. He, like rational people, can't stomach the idea of the Democratic fraud getting the GOP nomination, and he is disassociating himself from what is sure to be a disgusting spectacle.
Actually that's a smart move by Ryan. He, like rational people, can't stomach the idea of the Democratic fraud getting the GOP nomination, and he is disassociating himself from what is sure to be a disgusting spectacle.
It's quite simple actually. Any politician that has been in the game for more than two minutes knows:
If you oppose a candidate in your party's primary who then goes on to take your party's nomination - the amount of crow you must eat [immediately] is proportional to your initial opposition. Ryan, and a lot of establishment republicans like him, has gone beyond what any smart politician does in his opposition during the primary. Now, the amount of crow he is due to eat just may choke his career to death.
Possibly. Ryan doesn't strike me as a person who gives a rat's ass about that. He didn't want to be speaker. He does what he thinks is right, speaks his mind. It is a quality I admire and wish many more had. Trump speaks his mind, but to his advantage and calculatingly so. Ryan just speaks.
Read more @: Ryan: I’ll step down as convention chairman if Trump asks
Jeeesh. :dohAbsolutely no backbone. Interesting how many of these Republicans were so anti-Trump before hand, saying he would be terrible, and how unpresidential he is and now many of them are on hands and knees for him. Hell of an election year, thats for sure. [/FONT][/COLOR]
Don't fool yourself into thinking the Speaker of the House is not a politician. Consider, if Ryan were the white knight you speak of - he would have turned down the leadership/power position if he didn't "want" it.
I agree. If he doesn't support Trump and thinks the guy would be a disaster, why should he basically host the party in Trumps honor? I will bet he is hoping Trump asks him to step down.
Read more @: Ryan: I’ll step down as convention chairman if Trump asks
Jeeesh. :dohAbsolutely no backbone. Interesting how many of these Republicans were so anti-Trump before hand, saying he would be terrible, and how unpresidential he is and now many of them are on hands and knees for him. Hell of an election year, thats for sure. [/FONT][/COLOR]
Ryan has learned a lot from dealing with liberals in the government...when people start thinking less of you for your actions, play the victim card.
The only problem is it usually works for the liberals, but I'm not so sure it'll work for Ryan.
i would change that hi-lited word to "evangelical Christians"In my time at DP, I've seen far more conservatives play the victim than liberals. The whole media bias forum is mostly conservatives kvetching about how persecuted they are.
He should have either kept his mouth shut. He's the convention chairman. He boxed himself into yet another corner. He could have been a contender for VP but with his recent stunts, he might be on the way out.
In my time at DP, I've seen far more conservatives play the victim than liberals. The whole media bias forum is mostly conservatives kvetching about how persecuted they are.
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