Paul Ryan: Unlike Trump Accusers, Moore Accusers Are 'Credible'

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast




In the full transcript of House Speaker Paul Ryan’s interview with NPR, he made a distinction between the sexual assault allegations against U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore and President Donald Trump. When asked why he called for Moore to withdraw from the race, Ryan said, “That’s because I believe those allegations are credible.” NPR’s Steve Inskeep followed up with a question asking about how those allegations differed from those about President Trump, and Ryan floundered to explain why he hasn’t, in turn, called from Trump to step down. “I think the Roy Moore—I don't know if—I'm focused on Congress,” Ryan said. “Roy Moore is trying to come to Congress.” Ryan said he wants his 15-year-old daughter to “grow up in a country, she’s 15 years old, where she is empowered and respected wherever she goes and wherever she works in whatever she does,” including Capitol Hill. “We’re just finding out about some of these things which are quite frankly very disturbing,” he said.

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. Ryan is a Waffle

He's on both sides of everything and is trying to emerge at the forefront of the Republican Party 2020.

It's a difficult dance.

[marble falls]

6. He thinks he has a chance to be President by succession, so he's covering all his bases.

[olegramps]

7. Ryan is a beady-eyed two-faced weasel. In other words a slimmy Republican.

[forgotmylogin]

10. "Which handful do I throw under the Access Hollywood bus...?"

[Stuart G]

2. k and r..nt

[SummerSnow]

3. How the hell do you know Trump accusers are not credible you asshat?

[FakeNoose]

9. He doesn't - or if he does he's not saying

Ryan has to make double-damn sure he's not on record one way or the other about Trump's accusers. This could come back to bite him in the ass, if the 25th Amendment (or impeachment) brings him closer to the White House.

According to the Constitution if Trump and Pence are both impeached, Paul Ryan as Speaker of the House would become President. However what's more likely is that Trump would be impeached first and Pence moves up to POTUS for however long is left of the term. Pence would appoint a VP to replace him that would presumably be approved by Congress. In that case even if Pence were to be impeached later, the new VP would take over, not Ryan. Unless of course, he's the one that Pence selects to be the new VP.

I keep hoping we get the "Designated Survivor " option where one bomb takes out everyone in Washington except Kiefer Sutherland. I could back a Kiefer Sutherland bid for 2020.

[riversedge]

4. Shame on Ryan.

[maxrandb]

5. In other words; "I need this guy to make my Ayn Randian Masturbation Fantasy Come True"

Fuck you sideways with a hardcover First Addition of Atlas Shrugged you fucking piece of amphibian shit!

[olegramps]

8. Can I help? Nothing would delight me more before I pass on.

The Repukian Party is nothing more than a fascist shit hole.