Discussion: Through Spox, Ryan Criticizes Arpaio Pardon: 'The Speaker Does Not Agree'

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so glad you #pardoned @RealSheriffJoe - a patriot who did the job the Feds refused to do

Interesting these assholes somehow believe weā€™re still living in the Wild Westā€¦ which actually wasnā€™t Wild.

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What a firm standā€”this pardon thing that happened, Ryan says, is a mistake that was made.

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Paul ā€œThe Weenieā€ Ryan makes a tepid, ā€œweenieā€ criticism of the Arpaio pardon via his spox? What a weenie!!

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Paul Ryan must think itā€™s possible to disavow our values and traditions for four to eight years, then regain them. Iā€™m not so sure.

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And this was actually the closest thing to a direct criticism we have gotten so farā€¦

Mr. Mild Cheese himself almost admitted that it was an action of the presidentā€™s that he disapproved of.

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Iā€™m normally inclined to use slightly academic language, but Ryan is a big-time, weasel ass. A real man would speak for himself in clear, uncertain terms.

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Iā€™m not happy to have been subjected to that Kelly Ward with a snoozing Arpaio photo with this article. Blecko.

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OT, but:

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They already have the hive set up there.

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Hay Paulie, I give my SPOX weekends off so I will say this myself. Your comments, or the comments of your SPOX are inadequate. The pardon of Joe Arpaio is an endorsement of racist policing that will be the direct cause of more violence. The next cop shooting and the next shooting of a cop will be the direct result of Little Donnie Trumps immoral pardon and your week kneed response will share in the blame.

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Disappointment with the president exists in the office of the Speaker. Less passive and more aggressive is what we need.

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Paul Ryan will go down in history as the most cowardly Speaker of the House in our history, one who placed the desires of his keepers, the Koch brothers, above everything else, and the Koch brothers have spent a lot of money preparing Ryan for becoming President. Ryan would walk away if he saw a young girl being raped by a skinny, crippled 80 year old man, just to avoid any possibility of getting hurt. He will become the dictionary illustration of ā€œcowardā€.

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ā€œThe speaker does not agree with the decision,ā€ Ryanā€™s spokesperson, Doug Andres, told the Wall Street Journal.
But the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, is too much of a fucking sycophantic wuss to come appear on camera or even make a phone call to a newspaper to denounce the presidential pardon for the deplorable, institutional systemic racist-approving, white supremacist-promoting, presidential priority and character-revealing act it really is. You knowā€¦being primaried and all.

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From RCP

Congressional Job Approval

15.4 Approve 72.7 Disapprove

Even the thing occupying the White House has a higher approval rate, 38.6

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The Steelers are a better team than the Packersā€¦ā€˜The speaker does not agreeā€™. What courage! What a brave brave statement. God that must have really hurt Trump.

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i felt a stab in my gut too. sheā€™s a total knob.

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ā€œMistakes were made.ā€ ā€“ Ronald Reagan, 12/6/1986

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Then stop being a craven Trump toady and do something, Ryan. Impeach Trump, or at least censure him - but of course youā€™ll do nothing, you feckless Republican mockery of a House Speaker.

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But even this mild criticism tells me Ryan is seeing the ā€˜writing on the wallā€™.
Mueller and the Ides of March.

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