Posted on 08/21/2017 7:52:13 PM PDT by McGruff
House Speaker Paul Ryan said Monday he believed President Donald Trump "messed up" in his response to the recent racial violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, when he equated neo-Nazis and white supremacists with counterprotesters.
"I do believe that he messed up in his comments on Tuesday when it sounded like moral equivocation or at the very least moral ambiguity when we need extreme moral clarity," Ryan told CNN's Jake Tapper at a town hall in Racine, Wisconsin, referencing a news conference Trump had last week.
When asked by an audience member whether he would back censuring Trump, Ryan said he would not back such a measure, adding that the issue cannot devolve into a partisan fight.
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John Ossoff’s body double better STFU....he should be primaried
This Ryan kid is a real piece of work huh? He is gutless swamp punk...nothing more.
The President did not do any such thing. There's lies, and there's damn lies, and that's a damn lie.
When the Media tries to spin pike this, it has to be called out as the lie that it is.
FUPR...
SSDD.
It is not possible for President Trump to have a meal without the big government establishment freaking out. I'm not surprised he cannot condemn the violent thugs on all sides of these manufactured riots without satisfying America's elitist enemies either.
Add Dennis Hastert and Tom Foolery
I couldn't agree more, Paul Ryan is a (reply to the removed comment also removed before moderator does)
More like Mr. Ryan is confusing the term ‘counterprotesters’ with ‘leftist terror groups’.
Just tweeted him that anyone thinking that telling the truth is “messing up has no place in our Party and is Pelosi’s tool.
and a great big fu to pr
Lil Paulie doing Pelosi’s job as the response speaker - He is a sickening worm
Ryan needs to attend an antifa riot/beating.
Well, maybe Ryan is right. Trump may have made a mistake in equating the neo-Nazis to ‘counterprotesters’….. the antifa crowd is even worse worse.
He never misses an opportunity. He needs to be Cantorized.
Hey Ryan.... why don’t you publicly denounce known nazi collaborator George Soros to return the dirty money you took from him.
There is moral equivalency, thats why it sounded that way Paul. This guy still doesnt understand what antifa is.
I thought the democrats messed up by starting another riot.
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