Paul Ryan was 'sobbing' as he watched the US Capitol attack unfold, new book says

[kpete]

And I found myself sobbing that there’s a sympathetic story about this weasel dick.

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Washington (CNN)Former House Speaker Paul Ryan was “sobbing” as he watched the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol unfold on television, a new book reports.

Ryan, who has criticized former President Donald Trump and his hold on the Republican Party, “found himself sobbing” during the insurrection, journalist Mark Leibovich writes in his forthcoming book, “Thank You For Your Servitude,” a copy of which was obtained by CNN.

“I spent my whole adult life in that building,” Ryan, who served as a Republican congressman from Wisconsin for two decades, later told Leibovich, according to the book. “And I saw my friends, a lot of cops, some of my old security detail — I’m still friends with a bunch of those guys. It really disturbed me, foundationally.”

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/10/politics/paul-ryan-january-6-thank-you-for-your-servitude-mark-leibovich/

[FalloutShelter]

1. Uh huh!

So disturbed that he hasn't spoken out.

[Sanity Claws]

2. Sounds like Paul Ryan is trying to resurrect his political career

by showing that he is a different type of Republican, the old-fashioned type.

[hatrack]

3. Boo. Fucking. Hoo.

You piled the bullshit high, and you encouraged Teh Stupid, and fed the rabid, and coddled the lies.

And you were shocked, shocked by the results.

I'd suggest you seek "solutions" in Atlas Shrugged, but then I remembered that it doesn't have any.

Now fuck off, you pathetic little Randroid.

[fightforfreedom]

15. I could not say it any better, thank you.

[MyOwnPeace]

18. I agree......

Said quite well indeed!

Yet another Repuke trying to run away from the disaster that they helped create and supported.

[Tom Rinaldo]

4. If he had then joined the Lincoln Project and done all in his power to stop Trump...

...I might have been able to muster up a shred of grudging respect for him, a la Liz Cheney. But he's got nothing except crocodile tears.

[marble falls]

5. He was sooo proud, he had helped with the footwork back in the day that got us here in a mess.

[elias7]

6. Too little, too late, Paul. You bailed rather than stand up and fight.

You’re a coward and frankly, an asshole.

[C_U_L8R]

7. And yet he didn't do squat about it.

Yet another silent betrayal by a Republican. Liberty weeps.

[Walleye]

8. And they said they were supposed to make the liberals cry

[MLAA]

9. Not enough to change parties.

[CrispyQ]

10. But you'd vote for Trump again, wouldn't you Ryan?

Cowardly asshole, just like the rest of the repuke party.

[tanyev]

11. And yet I haven't seen him come out swinging forcefully like Kinzinger and Cheney have.

[Paladin]

12. Any reason we should give a shit about this? (nt)

[SamKnause]

13. Fuck You Paul, just fuck you !!!!!!!!!!

Your "service" was to try and destroy this country.

You should be smiling not crying.

Are you jealous that you aren't the one who caused the insurrection ???

Fuck You !!!

Fuck the republican party !!!

Fuck all those who support the republican party !!!

You hate democracy.

You hate the people of this country.

Go cry on a corporations shoulder.

Go cry on a Supreme Court members shoulder.

Fuck You !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[The Unmitigated Gall]

14. Republiscum Bomb-Thrower cries when his bombs explode.

[PXR-5]

16. Paul Ryan ruined his own future by

proposing to eliminate Social Security for anyone under 55. It was on the first page of his website, if you were under 55, nothing for you at 67.

Infact it was tRump that exposed that to his minions.

Screw Paul Ryan.

[Fullduplexxx]

17. He's part of it

[spanone]

19. Paul Ryan cried yet he's still on the fox news board. Hasn't said a word condemning trump

FUCK HIM

[JI7]

20. Fuck him, Useless Coward

[EndlessWire]

21. Isn't this the guy

who hushed those gossipers up when they were discussing who was on the Russian payroll? Maybe I got him mixed up with some other traitorous creep.

They're always selling a book...

[MagickMuffin]

22. For a Speaker he sure lost his voice, he shall be known as Reek

A coward who sits in his Ivory Tower and stays silent.

And yet he somehow let someone know he has a sad.


Big deal Paul! This is your party and you helped build it, and you continue to support it, and your silence is all I hear. No sympathy from me.

[agingdem]

23. Sorry, Paul..you can't cry your way to atonement...

you don't get a rewrite...you were there, you kissed Trump's ass, you ushered through a disastrous tax cut for the top 1% and laughed when Trump put his chicken scrawl to the bill..I suggest you write a tell-all "I was a Trump victim" rag...throw in a couple of profane Trump teasers, and hit the media talk shows in an attempt to salvage your already unsalvageable integrity...Chuck Todd is waiting for a call..he promises no follow-ups, no pushback...

[malaise]

24. My enduring memory of Paul Ryan

One of the best Democratic Party ads ever

[Wounded Bear]

26. Hey, he saved the wheelchair...

those babies can be expensive.

[malaise]

27. Ha

Good spot

[Wounded Bear]

29. It was a great ad, and it appears to have worked...for a while...nt

[LakeArenal]

25. Paul, your good friend Ron Johnson is exactly like you.

Say something about his current treachery and I might take you seriously.

Nah…. Not even then.

[DFW]

30. Yeah, well, he's still a Republican, so........

I think his tears dried quickly enough.

[CTyankee]

31. Poor bubala!

[Caliman73]

32. Why? He helped set the thing in motion.

Ryan was a weak House Speaker. He coddled the more radical element in the party. Then he bailed instead of staying to fight for the country.

He is just as much a frat boy as Gaetz, maybe without the sexual predator aesthetic.

[Sky Jewels]

33. Well, a lot of people sob when they're very happy.

Evil cretin.

[Midnight Writer]

34. What a stand-up fucking guy!