Rendell Calls Paul Ryan's PA Claim Among 'The Stupidest Things I've Ever Heard'

[DonViejo]

By Matt Shuham | March 14, 2018 1:14 pm

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) on Wednesday blasted House Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) analysis of the special congressional election in the state the previous night as “one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard.”

Though the race between Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone is still too close to call, Ryan on Wednesday tried to minimize Lamb’s shocking success in winning over large numbers of Trump voters.

“I think the candidate that’s going to win this race is the candidate that ran as a pro–life, pro–gun, anti–Nancy Pelosi conservative,” Ryan said during a press conference Wednesday. “That’s the candidate that’s going to win this race.”

Ryan noted that Lamb was selected as Democrats’ candidate at a convention of the party, not in a primary, and that Democratic delegates “were able to pick a candidate who could run as a conservative, who ran against the minority leader, who ran on a conservative agenda. You will have primaries in all these other races, and the primaries bring them to the left.” Left unsaid: Saccone was chosen at a state party convention, as well.

In an interview with Rendell Wednesday, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell said Ryan’s message was that “the Democrats have had to field a candidate who was really spouting Republican policies here and that it was not a clear win, certainly not for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.”

“I thought Paul Ryan has a reputation of being a smart guy,” Rendell replied. “That’s one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard.”

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[ProfessorGAC]

1. Just Wait A Day, Ed

You'll hear something stupider from that crowd.

[Fred Sanders]

2. Ryan just watches Fox and regurgitates thier bile knowing more bile will be coming

from state TV to repeat his stupidness about a terrible loss for the party of Hitler.

[mr_lebowski]

3. Actually Ryan is right, I hate to say ...

Lamb did run ... as Ryan said.

It's very clearly NOT a big win for the Progressive Wing of the Democratic Party.

But it is a big win for Democrats in general.

[bbrady42]

4. No, Ryan left a lot out.

Lamb also ran a pro-Union, pro-Obamacare, pro-Medicare, pro-Social Security campaign. He isn't super-left, but he's a solid Democrat. Don't by the spin by omission.