Trump may pose problem for Ryan in Speaker vote

The hill.com ^ | 10/20/16 | Scott Wong

[cotton1706]

The rise of Donald Trump has given Paul Ryan heartburn all year. And that may not change after Election Day.

The GOP presidential nominee has repeatedly accused Ryan, the nation’s highest-ranking elected Republican, of being disloyal to his campaign.

If Trump is trounced by Hillary Clinton on Nov. 8, many believe he’ll turn his wrath — and his millions of loyal followers — against Ryan as he runs for reelection as Speaker. Trump already appears to be looking for ways to explain his potential loss in the White House race.

Fox News host Sean Hannity, an ally of Trump, is dialing up the rhetoric against Ryan, telling The Washington Post this week that the Wisconsin lawmaker is a “saboteur” who “needed to be called out and replaced.”

And last Friday, top leaders of the far-right House Freedom Caucus held a conference call in which they discussed backing a challenger to Ryan in the Speaker’s race, set for one week after the election, The Hill has learned. Some lawmakers are floating caucus Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), though his aides said he won’t run.

“A lot of conservatives are hearing in great volume back in their districts calls to dump Ryan. If we don’t have somebody that runs against him, it makes us look like we’re complicit,” said a lawmaker on the Freedom Caucus call.

[onona]

Great Seizure's Ghost !

Can we win the damn election first please ?

[Fiddlstix]

.....Trump already appears to be looking for ways to explain his potential loss in the White House race.

The MSM Will never give up!!
I'm almost expecting to see Trumps obituary any minute.
Jerks!

[jazminerose]

I concluded earlier today that it’s all a big psy op. They’re all in on it—the GOPe, the MSM, the Never Trumpers, the pollsters—they’re all in on it.

Just keep beating that drum—Trump can’t win, and we’ll all just stay home on Election Day. Demoralize us, dispirit us, make us give up.

Wrong.

Not going to happen. They’re making us more resolute. We will not falter. We are all in.

I already voted this morning—the line was long on the second day of early voting.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Getting rid of the bean-counter spineless “fearful” leader would be the best thing for what remains of the GOP (Grand Old Poops).

We need a fighter as the House leader, not a surrenderer. We’ve got enough of them.

Next, to get rid of McConnell in time for Thanksgiving.
We don’t need a spineless gobbler, a turkey capon. We need someone to lead the Senate who has balls the size of the anchors on the USS Missouri and the same firepower to take on the Marxist Democrats.

Sometimes you have to clean out the House with super-Ex-Lax.

Don’t forget to duck!!

[Doogle]

it makes us look like we’re complicit,”

....yeah, for 8 years

[M-cubed]

When Trump wins, Ryan will be seen in the evening going into the Congressional restrooms with some toilet cleaner and his toothbrush.<<<

That's a hard way to commit suicide....at least give him a gun....

Have some compassion Man!!!..../s

[DoughtyOne]

We have to vote down ticket unless we want to give the House and Senate to the Democrats, and block Trump’s every move.

Ryan needs to go, but we have to keep the majority or all this will have been for nothing.

[WVNan]

When is the media going to tell Americans tht hillary has Parkinson’s disease? It is so obvious. She was really on the edge last night. She was having a real problem coping with all her ticks. Her eyes were rolling bad, Her fingers were cluthing and she froze at least one time that I saw. Her condition is referred to twice that I saw in the Wikileaks e-mail.

[Iron Munro]

If Trump loses the election it will be because the republican party and the elites in power hung him out to dry.

They may succeed in keeping him out of the White House but will have destroyed the party in the process.

[Paladin2]

Hence:

Illary....

[Bellflower]

Ryan won by so much that I find hard to not believe that election was rigged too, possibly as payment for all of his cooperation with Obama.

[TTFlyer]

Yes vote straight Rep. If Trump wins, purge the RINOs. If Trump loses, leave the Party.

[Bellflower]

Trump might be able to keep them in line. He is a master of the bully pulpit.

[scfirewall]

Ryan will fight harder against the Trump agenda than he ever did against Obama’s.

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

If enough of the “GOP Must Die!!!!” crowd here on FR get their way, it’ll be Speaker Pelosi, and this whole discussion will be moot.

[phoneman08]

Ryan and his ilk have calculated horribly. In running away from Trump and us, his supporters, it his they who have put control of congress in doubt.

I voted today. Trump, and only one down ticket vote.

[mikeIII]

Ryan and McConnell better understand that Trump may be more charitable toward them as a President than otherwise.

[redfreedom]

“But I can see some wishy-washy Democrats and independents not voting because they think the outcome is already determined.”

I’ve been thinking the same for some time. If the establishment media keeps claiming Hitlery has already won, many will stay home. A part of being a good lefty is to be lazy.

[Lurkinanloomin]

I have called my Rep. Dave Brat to let him know if he votes for Ryan to be Speaker, he will not get any more votes from me.

[CatOwner]

But I can see some wishy-washy Democrats and independents not voting because they think the outcome is already determined. In an election where the polls indicate a good number of people haven't decided or are saying 3rd party (bit likely won't), this may have an impact.