Posted on 08/22/2017 8:34:42 AM PDT by Olog-hai
U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said he will not support a resolution to censure President Donald Trump over his comments following a white supremacist rally in Virginia, but said Trump “messed up” by saying “both sides” were to blame for violence and that there were “very fine people” among those marching to protect Confederate statues.
Ryan made the comments during a town hall Monday night organized by CNN in his Wisconsin congressional district, after being asked whether he would back the resolution that comes following Trump’s comments about the rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The question came from Rabbi Dena Feingold, the sister of former Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, who grew up in the same city as Ryan.
Ryan said censuring Trump would be “counterproductive.”
“If we descend this issue into some partisan hack-fest, into some bickering against each other and demean it down into some political food fight, what good does that do to unify this country?” Ryan said, adding that it would be the “worst thing we could do.” …
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Anyone know when the House has censured a POTUS
Censor your own branch of the govt.
...yet.
Trump “messed up” by saying “both sides” were to blame for violence and that there were “very fine people” among those marching to protect Confederate statues.
No, he didn’t. Virtually anything that he said or failed to say would have been called racist. It was part of the playbook.
Both sides were guilty of violence with the Antifa side being worst.
And, there were history buffs and enactors, as I understand it, who also wanted simply to stand up for the history of the statues.
Therefore, Trump is again right and, as usual, Ryan is wrong.
Not ready to put on a suicide vest before next year’s election. Prudent.
Let’s see how long he has “unify the country” as an imperative.
Well that’s nice of you Paul
Trumps comment was appropriate.
As far as there were “sides”. I do not imagine that all who were against removing the statues were on the “side” of the neo-Nazis, and the President was correct to point that out.
Dear PRyno:
Do your job well before critizing others.
It’s unseemly.
So very white of him.
Also, by claiming Trump “messed up”, Ryno expresses support for Marxist Antifa.
No, he’ll just go out and undercut him on the rubber chicken circuit.
Ryan is a worthless bastard that is about 10% as smart as he thinks he is.
Everyone knows what violence is. But resorting to violence in self defense is different. So I can’t say both sides were guilty.
Censor Boxer.
DO NOT TRUST PAUL RYAN!™
“but said Trump “messed up” by saying “both sides” were to blame for violence and that there were “very fine people” among those marching to protect Confederate statues.”
Paul that is total bullsh!t. A good Majority of the people say keep the statues there and that includes of 50% of the Black people. So Paul are you telling me there are not “fine” people in that group?
....Trumps comment was appropriate...
And 100% accurate
Up yours Ryan, you RINO POS.
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