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Woah! Speaker of the House Paul Ryan tweeted about the House sit in. Read the responses! (GD) (Original Post) Her Sister Jun 2016 OP
Mainly people are telling him turn on the cameras and do your job! Her Sister Jun 2016 #1
Lyin Ryan CorkySt.Clair Jun 2016 #2
The deaths in Orlando... yallerdawg Jun 2016 #3
I wonder if he looks at the results. I wonder the same thing about The_Casual_Observer Jun 2016 #4
Ha! How do you like the replies, Ryan? MineralMan Jun 2016 #5
It is evident that Ryan didn't think avebury Jun 2016 #6
Nothing good can come from a tweet Generic Brad Jun 2016 #15
pages and pages of rebuttals to Ryan, like a bottomless pit of Ilsa Jun 2016 #7
The only reason they don't want to call a vote frazzled Jun 2016 #11
There's another reason why Ryan won't call a vote. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #18
Ryan is about as useful oswaldactedalone Jun 2016 #8
It is times like these I wish I tweeted. sheshe2 Jun 2016 #9
I don't tweet neither! Her Sister Jun 2016 #10
Wow! sofa king Jun 2016 #12
Awesome I don't see any supportive tweets ! treestar Jun 2016 #13
The responses and gifs are hilarious! tallahasseedem Jun 2016 #14
Awesome! Lucinda Jun 2016 #16
I like this one: tblue37 Jun 2016 #17
Should have come with a warning, lol Maru Kitteh Jun 2016 #20
Or going to a soup kitchen at night BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #21
You mean this? BumRushDaShow Jun 2016 #22
Thanks for finding that! BlueMTexpat Jun 2016 #23
What is the legislation they want a vote on? Vattel Jun 2016 #19

MineralMan

(146,192 posts)
5. Ha! How do you like the replies, Ryan?
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 08:23 PM
Jun 2016

Moron. Pay attention to what they are saying, or prepare to lose your seat. Change is coming.

avebury

(10,946 posts)
6. It is evident that Ryan didn't think
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 08:27 PM
Jun 2016

this out. He is getting pummeled pretty hard. He has done himself no favors by looking like a total idiot.

Generic Brad

(14,270 posts)
15. Nothing good can come from a tweet
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 12:11 AM
Jun 2016

You never hear a news story about hearts and minds being changed as a result of a tweet. It strikes me more as a method to troll for snarky responses.

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
7. pages and pages of rebuttals to Ryan, like a bottomless pit of
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 08:34 PM
Jun 2016

Tweets telling Ryan to go back to work and call a vote.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
11. The only reason they don't want to call a vote
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 08:52 PM
Jun 2016

is because they don't want to go on record, during an election year, of opposing some common sense pieces of legislation that 80% of Americans WANT.

They know that they can defeat these bills during a vote--they outnumber us by a lot--but they don't want their Democratic opponents to be able to say: you voted to allow people on the no-fly list to buy weapons; you voted against expanded background checks of the type that would have prevented the Charleston shooter from committing his crime.

But you know what? They lose either way. Preventing a vote on these bills is equivalent to voting against them. They are on record.

It's a win-win for Democrats: not necessarily today, but in the months and years to come. (And oh yeah, hopefully in November).

This is a landmark day in this country, where our elected officials are finally standing up and saying no more. It's a day to remember. The first day of a long, hard fight. But it's a fight I finally have hope we will someday win. We shall overcome!

Lord Magus

(1,999 posts)
18. There's another reason why Ryan won't call a vote.
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 01:28 AM
Jun 2016

He knows that there are some Repugs, the few who are in actually competitive districts, who might not be quite repugnant enough to go on the record saying they support letting terrorists and criminals buy guns. And he's worried that there might be enough defections for these bills to pass. He's not going to take that risk because if he did the NRA might cut off his gravy train.

oswaldactedalone

(3,489 posts)
8. Ryan is about as useful
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 08:36 PM
Jun 2016

as a used douchebag, just like the Republican Party. Do the people's business and do your job.

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
12. Wow!
Wed Jun 22, 2016, 09:25 PM
Jun 2016

I still remember the days when a guy like Ryan could talk into a television camera and tell people what to think.

Now that the people can talk back, it's a different, gloriously different story.

BlueMTexpat

(15,349 posts)
21. Or going to a soup kitchen at night
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 06:27 AM
Jun 2016

to wash dishes that were already clean ... Ryan is doing the same-old projection ALL GOPers do!

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