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Paul Ryan: My support for Donald Trump is not a "blank check"
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Posted on 08/04/2016 12:52:58 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Speaker Paul Ryan suggested Thursday that his endorsement of Donald Trump for president is not written in stone.

In a radio interview with WTAQ's "The Jerry Bader Show," the Wisconsin Republican was asked if there would ever be a bridge too far when it comes to the GOP presidential nominee.

"None of these things are ever blank checks," said Ryan, who then added that Trump won the Republican nomination "fair and square" from the voters and delegates.

At the beginning of the interview, Bader asked Ryan how he can continue to walk such a fine line from now until the election of still backing Trump, while constantly criticizing his remarks.

"We are a party where the grassroots Republican primary voter selects our nominee. That's as it should be. That is what it is. I think something should be said about respecting those voters," Ryan said. "He won it fair and square."

Ryan brushed off Trump's comment from earlier this week in which Trump said he's "not quite there yet" as far as endorsing Ryan for reelection. Ryan said he's only interested in endorsements from employers in his congressional district. Paul Manafort, Trump's campaign chairman, told "CBS This Morning" on Thursday that Trump plans to support Ryan.

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: donald; paul; ryan; trump
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Sounds to me like Ryan is trying to show (minimal) support for Trump, in his own way. I am taking this as a gesture on his part, to improve things. And taking it with a grain of salt, or however the old saying goes.


21 posted on 08/04/2016 1:02:46 PM PDT by NEMDF
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To: ChicagoConservative27

From Ryan that’s an invoice, not a check.


22 posted on 08/04/2016 1:03:51 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Ryan has certainly become an arrogant little wanker.


23 posted on 08/04/2016 1:04:55 PM PDT by dragonblustar
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To: ChicagoConservative27

ESAD Ryno!!

Are there any FRiends in WI CD1? Do you have a sense of the mood there?


24 posted on 08/04/2016 1:05:25 PM PDT by CapitalistCrusader
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It would so sweet if Nehlen managed to Cantor Paul Rino.


25 posted on 08/04/2016 1:07:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

poofter.


26 posted on 08/04/2016 1:08:44 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (We will no longer surrender this country to the false song of globalism. --Donald Trump)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Ryan! Listen instead of jawing endlessly. Khan your golden boy called you a coward. Just keep confirming his opinion of you. Thanks.


27 posted on 08/04/2016 1:09:33 PM PDT by Lent (Hi)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
At least he will be available to play the role of Eddie Munster if they decide to do any Munsters remakes.

(I know Butch Patrick is still alive.)

28 posted on 08/04/2016 1:13:50 PM PDT by One_American
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To: proust

Obama’s blank check to Iran.

Ah , Iran prefers cash , Pallets of Cash


29 posted on 08/04/2016 1:14:09 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: NFHale
BWHAHA!!!

That reminds me of the story of a Czech family visiting New York, and when their little boy went missing, and the zookeepers noticed that that male and female tigers did not seem interested in their food, the assumption was made that they had the little boy for lunch, SO they shoot the tigers with tranquilizer darts, rush them to the hospital where everyone knows time is running out, the lead surgeon says "the little boy is in the father tiger, open him up!" and they made the incision, rescued the little boy just in the nick of time, and then the staff marveled at the lead surgeon saying "how did you know it was the father tiger?"

The surgeon said with a wry smirk, "I've been in this business almost 50 years, believe me: the Czech is ALWAYS in the male".
30 posted on 08/04/2016 1:18:02 PM PDT by mkjessup (The 'RATS are the ENEMY!! From OBAMA-'RAT to HILLARY ROTTEN RAT! GET RID OF THE 'RATS!!)
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To: magua

Not true

“If true, this report confirms our longstanding suspicion that the administration paid a ransom in exchange for Americans unjustly detained in Iran,” said Ryan, R-Wis. “It would also mark another chapter in the ongoing saga of misleading the American people to sell this dangerous nuclear deal. Yet again, the public deserves an explanation of the lengths this administration went to in order to accommodate the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.”


31 posted on 08/04/2016 1:18:28 PM PDT by MNMom
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The globalists corner fools like Ryan and promise them the world if they play ball and do their bidding. So that makes Ryan think he is special and inevitable. He may be in for a surprise next Tuesday.


32 posted on 08/04/2016 1:19:05 PM PDT by odawg
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To: DannyTN
From Ryan that’s an invoice, not a check.

Freudian slip if you ask me. He wants to be paid.

33 posted on 08/04/2016 1:21:02 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator (American Jobs for American Workers. Enforce the Law. Build the Wall.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“”None of these things are ever blank checks,” said Ryan, “

Except the ones promised to the Establishment from donors and special interests once the deals have been consummated.


34 posted on 08/04/2016 1:22:05 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Trump IS the revolution)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Please, Wisconsin, rid us of this insufferable jerk!


35 posted on 08/04/2016 1:23:43 PM PDT by exit82 (Road Runner sez:" Let's Make America Beeping Great Again! Beep! Beep!")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I WISH we could get rid of Ryan. But i predict he will win easily on Tuesday


36 posted on 08/04/2016 1:25:49 PM PDT by montag813
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Ryan is a lying RINO and barely rises to that level as opposed to being a democrat. From lying about being Catholic to lying about resisting Obama he’s nearly as bad as Hillary who can’t speak two sentences without stuffing a lie into them.


37 posted on 08/04/2016 1:26:43 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
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To: VRWCarea51

I’m nowhere near any line of succession and I knew about it in January or February when it was all over the news.

The only new detail in the recent story is that the ransom was paid in physical cash. Republicans in congress, including Ryan demanded an explaination at that time. The story gained no traction and disappeared. Apparently nobody cared, until the fact that it was a plane load of currency came to light. Ryan has demanded an explaination all along, Obama has ignored him, as he always does.


38 posted on 08/04/2016 1:28:11 PM PDT by MNMom
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So far your support seems a lot like a three dollar bill, Ryan.


39 posted on 08/04/2016 1:29:26 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: montag813

I think your right, unless a huge number of Democrats show up to unseat Ryan he will win the Primary easily. If he losses, the seat goes to the Dem in the fall.

The more important question to me is how does Trump think he can win Wisconsin if he helps the democrats unseat Ryan? How does he get any support from Wisconsin Republicans? Why is he willing to write off Wisconsin electoral votes to spite Ryan? It makes no sense to me.


40 posted on 08/04/2016 1:35:47 PM PDT by MNMom
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