Paul Ryan spent the weekend trying to strike a balance he has owned so completely we should name it the Paul Ryan Moral Tightrope in his honor. On Saturday, election tweet time:
Come home to the unified Republican ticket. You know, the one led by someone other than the guy I’m pictured with, not gonna name him. But that guy I won’t name or be pictured with … let’s hand him the nuclear codes!
On Sunday, we found out what it takes to get Ryan to name Donald Trump. Ryan’s statement on FBI Director James Comey’s letter essentially saying “nothing to see here” about Hillary Clinton’s email eventually works its way around to Trump. But not until after he gave a master class in Republican anti-Clinton innuendo and BS.
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“Regardless of this decision, the undisputed finding of the FBI’s investigation that Secretary Clinton put our nation’s secrets at risk and in doing so compromised our national security.”
This is disputed, to say the least.
“She simply believes she’s above the law and always plays by her own rules.”
She is one of the most investigated people in American history and you guys haven’t been able to take her down, so I’d say she’s within the law and playing by the rules.
“This is a pattern with the Clintons, and the American people should not have to endure four more years of their scandal and baggage.”
The pattern is Republicans trying to gin up fake scandal, and it’s a pattern Republicans are promising to continue for four more years.
“Fortunately, the American people have the opportunity to ensure Secretary Clinton never gets her hands on classified information again. Let’s bring the Clinton era to an end by voting for Donald Trump on Tuesday.”
Wait. NOW Paul Ryan discovers his ability to say Donald Trump’s name? In an actual pitch to give him classified information? This is truly one of the bizarro plot twists of this election cycle. Did Ryan’s staff replace “the Republican nominee” with “Donald Trump” in the statement after Ryan signed off on it? Because he’d been doing such a good job not saying that name in the apparent hope that history would forget he had endorsed and supported Trump.
If Republicans keep the House, this is the guy who remains in charge until the far-far-far-right vandal caucus of his party decides to turn against him and replace him with someone worse. This is the guy who decides if the minimum wage will come to a vote, or yet another Obamacare repeal vote will. In other words, Paul Ryan is exhibit A in why Democrats need to retake the House.
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