Ryan won't leave early because he wants to complete his agenda and improve people's lives.

[Miles Archer]

WASHINGTON — Speaker Paul Ryan pushed back Tuesday at critics alleging he’s lost effectiveness as GOP leader, and shrugged off the suggestion that he could leave his leadership post before his planned retirement at the end of the congressional session.

“Look, the members drafted me into this job because of who I am and what I stand for. I think members very much agree that we should be completing our agenda and our work,” Ryan said Tuesday at the weekly House GOP leadership news conference. “Our members realize what we want to do is act on our agenda, improve people’s lives and having a divisive leadership election at this time would prevent us from doing that.”

Even if there were a leadership election, it’s unlikely that no one except Ryan could garner the 218 votes needed to win.

The speaker, however, seemed to acknowledge that the dynamics could change: “Obviously, I serve at the pleasure of our members.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/paul-ryan-shrugs-suggestions-early-leadership-exit-n876426?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_lw

[niyad]

1. sorry, paulie boy. you leaving early would certainly improve MY life.

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Actually admitted his wet dreams involve watching poor people starve to death

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. WHICH lives does he plan to improve? NOT OURS, IDIOT.

He can't be gone too soon, and that holds for ALL the national Republicans in the people's Congress.

[Chickensoup]

4. If you really believe what you are

saying about improving lives,
please pack and leave today.you
and the rest of your gang.

[Raster]

5. Lyin' Ryan has been one of the biggest Rethuglican con artists in Congress...

...Lyin' Ryan billed himself as some uber-intelligent policy wonk when the truth is that he is neither. Lyin' Ryan however, is very good at picking out the keywords and phrases and parroting them back to the most susceptible: other logic-challenged Rethuglicans in Congress. Ryan's two key assets: blather and bullshit.

[gratuitous]

6. "I could just sit around doing nothing and still draw a paycheck"

Because that's exactly what he's going to do for the next eight months.

[Mountain Mule]

7. Improve people's lives?????

By taking away their healthcare, enabling the big financial outfits in their quest to suck the country dry, and ensuring that no low income child or senior will get assistance with housing and/or groceries so they won't go hungry?

Ryan missed his calling as a member of the Nazi party. I LOATHE that sorry excuse for a human being named Paul Ryan.

Oh, barf!

[Miles Archer]

8. He didn't have a chance to kill Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security...

...which would improve people's lives by funding the tax cuts for the 1%.