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Showing Original Post only (View all)Paul Ryan joked about 71 year old retiree being beaten to the ground for daring to question Ryan [View all]
Congressman Paul Ryan cracked a joke about him, after Tom Nielsen found himself face down on the floor being handcuffed by police for asking a question. The 71-year-old retired plumber from Kenosha was thrown to the ground, placed in handcuffs, and arrested for trespassing and resisting arrest after objecting to Ryan's plans to gut Social Security and Medicare during his congressman's only public appearance scheduled during the August recess -- a $15 Rotary Club luncheon in West Allis on Tuesday.
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Paul Ryan joked about 71 year old retiree being beaten to the ground for daring to question Ryan [View all]
UCmeNdc
Aug 2017
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Ryan doesn't care. He makes jokes because if that man lives or dies is meaningless to Ryan's goals.
Solly Mack
Aug 2017
#1
I not only have utter contempt for Ryan, I also have contempt for people who vote for him.
Boomerproud
Aug 2017
#4
reminds me of trump mocking the reporter with a disability & people laughed. nt
AnotherMother4Peace
Aug 2017
#17
It reminds me of the police laughing at the speech @IMPOTUS gave the other week
BigmanPigman
Aug 2017
#60
I hope Mueller and company exposes them all .... McConnell, Ryan, Sessions, and ....
Botany
Aug 2017
#25
Ryan is so far gone he forgets that that kind of "joke" is a net loser of votes. . . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2017
#20
Ryan is a coward who is afraid to hold town hall mtgs. He holds one for his paying "constituents".
AnotherMother4Peace
Aug 2017
#21
The sad thing is, this happened 6 years ago. And Paul Ryan is still in office, the little shit.
Demit
Aug 2017
#31
I admit that I also find it funny that a 71 year old would be beaten to the ground
Doodley
Aug 2017
#55
Remember when folks applauded, at 2011 debate, the idea of letting a person without health ins. die?
Garrett78
Aug 2017
#66
He may look like Eddie Munster, but he's pure Hitler Youth underneath the surface. nt
eppur_se_muova
Aug 2017
#69