Paul Ryan says American freedoms at risk in separation-of-powers debate with Trump

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[ChicagoConservative27]

House Speaker Paul Ryan talks to reporters at the Republican National Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill on June 14, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., issued a stern warning Thursday about the rhetoric coming from Donald Trump about the way government should work.

“We will lose our freedoms in this country, including all of the Bill of Rights, if we don’t robustly defend the separation of powers,” Ryan said at his weekly press conference inside the U.S. Capitol.

Ryan was asked by reporters numerous times about Trump’s recent conduct. Just this week, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee questioned whether President Obama actually wants to stop terrorist attacks, accused many American Muslims of sheltering terrorists and said he could act unilaterally as president to prevent any type or class of people from entering the country. Trump made the last claim despite the fact that Article I, Section 8, clause 4 of the Constitution entrusts Congress with the power to “establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization.”

[Solson]

NOW HE'S CONCERNED ABOUT SEPARATION OF POWERS? Hey Paul, where the hell were you the last 8 years???????

FUPR!

[pierrem15]

Yup-- every time Trump weakens in the polls, the GOPe will stab him in the back. Watch for it.

They would much rather be the minority party with their snouts in the trough than face a real outsider as President.

[Bratch]

Ryan complaining about separation of powers is about as ironic as Hillary complaining about issuing gun permits to people under FBI investigation.

[LS]

Will this quasi-Muslim please STFU???!

Holy cow he is a useless turd. When did he say this about Zero?

I will give it to O’Reilly: he hammered RuePaul on not passing very simple Kate’s law and other straightfoward funding or defunding measures by concealing them in stuff easy to vote down.

[circlecity]

“We will lose our freedoms in this country, including all of the Bill of Rights, if we don’t robustly defend the separation of powers,” Ryan said at his weekly press conference inside the U.S. Capitol."

The hypocrisy of this statement is breathtaking. Ryan is turning out to be much worse than Boehner because he's a more effective eliltist establishment RINO shill.

[euram]

The president can, and has, barred entry into this country of certain classes of people. Carter did it by barring Iranians, and even reviewed the visas of those already here, and had about 50,000 students and visitors deported. So, Ryan is a total idiot on this issue, and just about all of them. He should just STFU and go back to driving the Oscar Meyer weinermobile.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Utter rat ba$tard traitor.

[major-pelham]

That’s what I was thinking, he’s never asserted this and now he derides Trump for something he could theoretically do while Obozo grabs all the power he can every day. This Ryan, he’s bad news.

[Ohioan]

Obama is the one who is making a mockery of the Congressional role with respect to immigration, etc.. Trump, as I understand, was simply citing language in the present naturalization act.

Ryan's hypocrisy is very clear from his virtually daily need to attack Trump; whereas he hammered through all that Obama wanted to spend, in last year's appropriations bill.

I am trying to keep my comments civil, in respect for Ryan's position. But he needs to stop this deliberate sabotage--and stop it once and for all. The double standard employed to sabotage your own side is at best insane.

[thinden]

you had me going on that headline.

at first I thought ryan was backing trump by showing support for 2nd amendment.

instead he’s protecting the immigrants causing the problems.

[cowboyusa]

Don’t allow him at the Convention.

[jdege]

“We will lose our freedoms in this country, including all of the Bill of Rights, if we don’t robustly defend the separation of powers”

I very much agree.

So, why haven’t you been been doing that, for the last seven years?

[TTFlyer]

Trump, it is time to for an all-out assault on the wormy bastard.

[CyberAnt]

Really Mr. Ryan .. just what separation of powers are you talking about when you and most of the Congress are colluding with the President ..????????????

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Didn’t Jimmy Carter ban Iranians from entering America during the hostage crisis?

[Rusty0604]

That’s what I was thinking, naturalization is not the same as immigration. Where was Ryan all these years that Obama has ignored our immigration laws?

[KittenClaws]

Didn’t Jimmy Carter ban Iranians from entering America during the hostage crisis?

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Yes, I seem to remember that he did.

Having said that, perhaps Ryan should take a good look at Article 4, Section 4 and get a clue.

[JBW1949]

That’s it in a nutshell...Ryan doesn’t need to “wake up”...He knows what is going on and is afraid of losing his place at the trough...

[Vigilanteman]

As opposed to the current situation where we have an executive who rules by fiat, a legislature which is nothing more than a rubber stamp debating society and a judiciary who is one member away from condoning unlimited government all the time?

[ColdOne]

“We will lose our freedoms in this country, including all of the Bill of Rights, if we don’t robustly defend the separation of powers,” Ryan said at his weekly press conference inside the U.S. Capitol. ................................What a pyle.