Posted on 02/03/2016 1:18:15 PM PST by drewh
House Speaker Paul Ryan kicked off a policy summit at the Heritage Foundation with a clear message for the conservatives who have been his allies over the years but made life hard for former Speaker John Boehner: Please don't revolt, at least not this year.
"The Left would love nothing more, they would love nothing more than for a fragmented conservative movement to stand in a circular firing squad and fire so that progressives can win by default," Ryan said at the 2016 Conservative Policy Summit, hosted by Heritage Action.
Ryan was warmly received at Heritage, but his call for unity included a mild rebuke for the conservatives who have hounded GOP leadership in recent years. He issued it while warning that conservatives may have to ignore some of President Obama's unilateral executive actions, which Ryan described as "distractions" designed to prevent the Republican party from uniting around a conservative agenda.
Ryan urged the Heritage crowd not to "take the bait" when Obama tries to provoke the GOP. In exchange, he promised to spend the next years preparing to push a conservative agenda, including a politically risky plan for entitlement reform, if a Republican wins the presidency in 2017. "I am fine if I lose my seat in 2018 after doing the right thing to save America," Ryan said.
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Mr. Ryan - how are the Obama impeachment hearings coming?
Wow, he’s just as whiny and pathetic as Jeb Bush.
It’s always the next time. It’s always hold your nose, vote for the RINO one more time and then comes yet another letdown. Screw the left in both parties. Vote conservative.
So in exchange for not rocking the boat Ryan's going to promise to do the stuff he should already have been doing? Paul, here's a clue: you're in the majority. Offering to pay us Tuesday for a hamburger today isn't going to cut it.
>>so that progressives can win by default,” Ryan said
Says the guy who lets Progressives win by default in the US House of Representatives.
This is the most important election ever! This is our last chance to save America! At least vote for the lesser evil!
Been there, done that.
Lyin’ Ryan
King George III Asks Colonials: Please Don't Revolt in 1775
Ryan is a poster child for all that is wrong in the GOP.
We need more Northerners as Speaker.
“”It’s always the next time. It’s always hold your nose, vote for the RINO one more time and then comes yet another letdown. Screw the left in both parties. Vote conservative.””
Yup. Vote for the liberal McCain, it is our only option. Vote for the liberal mitt, he is the lesser of two evils. Vote for Trump, he is a New York liberal but he promises to suddenly become a conservative. Blah blah blah.
Oh ..... wait ........
Why shouldn’t conservatives revolt in 2016? The back-stabbing, sold-out globalist elite have been revolting for decades!
We have ALREADY revolted against you revolting RINOs!
Lucy’s holding the football again.
Ryan is revolting, alright, he stinks on ice.
Yeah, well I ask Paul Ryan to step down in consideration that he has a abandoned all but the status quo in Washington. Hope he gets Cantored.
Go screw yourself, you phony lying collaborator.
So to prevent this, the GOPe is going to stop fighting conservatives?
Or is this the typical liberal version where we give up and let the minority rule? Where the middle ground is that they’ll only expand government by 15% this year?
Conservatives Ask Paul Ryan: Can you please try not to be so revolting in 2016?
It takes two to Tango. There has to be some visible reciprocation.
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