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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHOT MIC! Rep. Ryan, Sp. of the House, just whispered "Waste of my FUCKING Time" after presser
Just now on CNN, Rep. Ryan upon completion of his presser for the "Weekly GOP Leadership" announcements, walking off the stage could be heard whispering "Waste of my FUCKING time" (emphasis added by me to demonstrate his emphasis on the word).
This shows you what the GOP really thinks about communicating their Agenda to the public.
UPDATE: someone on YouTube caught it:
And another:
UPDATE 2: Pelosi tweeted out that Ryan said it. Ryan's staff is firing back saying he didn't. To be fair, it's not possible to definitively say he said it. But it certainly sounded like him. Also, just because he was not at the podium doesn't mean he wasn't mic'd or a mic wasn't near when it was said. Raw Story and other places are picking up the story now. All-in-all this will blow over, but if Ryan did say it, it's telling about his current state of mind. I sense things are going to get ugly, real ugly, soon.
maxrandb
(15,334 posts)SHRED
(28,136 posts)Hopefully the video is up soon.
berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)braddy
(3,585 posts)get the red out
(13,466 posts)Love it!
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Like begging for money from his owners.
Sorry, I meant talking with like minded GOP supporters.
FSogol
(45,488 posts)Paul Ryan is the most spineless puke in US History. From blank economic plans to imaginery plans to replace the ACA, Ryan is a empty-suited fraud.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Remember, the Republicans in Congress could stop this any time they want. As long as Trump's out front doing the heavy lifting, Ryan's content to sit back and watch his agenda (easing the tax burden on the beleaguered wealthy and pissing some more on the poors from what I can observe) being carried out and let Trump take the heat. Ryan doesn't care about what replaces the ACA; he doesn't care if millions of people suffer and die, as long as his bankrollers keep making out.
FSogol
(45,488 posts)drmeow
(5,020 posts)Last night I pointed out to my partner that the Republican's aren't spineless, they are unpatriotic, unethical, and immoral.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Of others. They are The worst of humankind. They Show that some people are basically evil...At least the Republicans in leadership and many others.
drmeow
(5,020 posts)I think Ryan and McConnell just don't care.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Volaris
(10,272 posts)If his salary for being a rep were, say, 20Gs/year. I don't mind paying for competence in Government (it's a complex model with lots of shifting variables) and if the Pubbies would SAY that to their idiot wotshippers, that would be one thing. But since Ryan and the rest of his 'esteemed colleagues' think big gubmint should be simplified to the point of being useless to people, maybe it's time their salaries started to reflect that opinion.
Cut their salaries in half, make them invest in their retirement with what's left. Time for them all to know what it's like to work in this country.
Volaris
(10,272 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)He is a puppet of his financial owners. With his wife, a former lobbyist, he is the ultimate insider posing as a country boy.
David Koch a suckling on his Koch?
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Welcome to DU.
metroins
(2,550 posts)Didn't hear it, but I wasn't listening very closely.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)csziggy
(34,136 posts)rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Why do Republicans hate America? And why do they hate democracy?
librechik
(30,674 posts)welcome to DU!
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)They clearly think their party is the only one that can lead this country.
This is what they support instead:
Fascist dictator plutocracy
Fascism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism
Dictator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictator
Plutocracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutocracy
not fooled
(5,801 posts)Theocracy too!!!
The Dark Tetrad
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)Now I have four.
Theocracy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theocracy
berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)lamp_shade
(14,836 posts)madamesilverspurs
(15,805 posts)his presser was scheduled to provide further dilution of coverage for the Sessions and Devos hearings being held at the same time.
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ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)Nitram
(22,822 posts)They can't even hide it anymore.
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)They've never paid for it.
2naSalit
(86,647 posts)2naSalit
(86,647 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)All those taxpayers to be used and abused.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)He is just standing in the way of progress.
malthaussen
(17,204 posts)bdamomma
(63,875 posts)Mr. Ryan, you treasonous SOB.
Just Horrible
Showing their true colors.
catbyte
(34,403 posts)Jesus H. Christ, we have got a LOT of work to do.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)flygal
(3,231 posts)why would Ryan have a mike?
bhusar
(131 posts)....with the words "what is the waste of your fucking time? You're the waste of our fucking time".
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Inhumanity is a fucking waste.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)Whatever plan Ryan and McConnell may hatch, taxes, budget, Obamacare, it doesn't matter. In the end it's the narcisstic whims of Trump and the nihilistic fanaticism of Bannon who decide what happens.
That's why anything related to "GOP leadership" is a fucking waste of time.
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)It is a lifelong job. His goal was POTUS which is no longer realistic.
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)He's only two impeachment proceedings away from the White House.
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)Unique way of backing into it
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)The idea of impeaching Trump, then Pence is suddenly feasible to me.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)I guess it may depend on what he knew and when he knew it. We would have to impeach 4 to get to one who may be a human being...DT, Pence, Paul AnnRand, and Turtleman. Unfortunately, that would be our new XOM Sec of State. At least he has a history of some decency in his past. DT is clearly the most dangerous because he is crazy, Bannon....
Baconator
(1,459 posts)In 8 years (maybe 4), he could be seen as the voice of sanity after a disaster of an administration.
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)More likely, his ties to Trump will haunt the remainder of his career, such as it is.
sdfernando
(4,935 posts)then Pence can name a new VP...and that person would be next in line, not lying Ryan.
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)or any number of other noble endeavors.
Stellar
(5,644 posts)nt
Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)done? Who knew?
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)expect answers or information?????? YOU, Paul Ryan, are a waste of our fucking time.
Rabrrrrrr
(58,349 posts)You little shitpot weasel.
I'd challenge him on his religion. TO HIS FACE.
If you're such a devoted Catholic, dude, have you EVER EVEN CONSIDERED the Gospel of Matthew as part of your "governing" "principles"?
Matthew 25:45 - it's the "least of these" bit.
The Sheep and the Goats
44And they too will reply, Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You? 45Then the King will answer, Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me. 46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
http://biblehub.com/matthew/25-45.htm
I'd shove this in his face if I had half a chance. You're NO Catholic, dude. Your policies AND your damnable, detestable, deplorable political party are specifically designed to screw "the least of these." So quit trying to wrap yourself around the Cross and play holy and faithful. You are an apostate.
a·pos·tate
əˈpäˌstāt,əˈpästət/
noun
1.
a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.
synonyms: dissenter, defector, deserter, traitor, backslider, turncoat; More
antonyms: follower
adjective
adjective: apostate
1.
abandoning a religious or political belief or principle.
Rabrrrrrr
(58,349 posts)is his anti-abortion stance (and I bet that, if abortion were illegal in the U.S., he'd still help his daughter travel to another country to get one if she got in the position where she needed one).
Otherwise, as you point out, he's a total failure as a Catholic.
His idol is power, and he worships at the altar of capitalism. But then, he's an Ayn Rand fan, and one cannot be a Christian and a Randian at the same time. They are diametrically opposed. (and not because Rand was an atheist; because her philosophy is exactly opposite of Jesus').
riversedge
(70,242 posts)BainsBane
(53,035 posts)By creating a clusterfuck with his order?
logosoco
(3,208 posts)why don't you just resign!!! You will never have to deal with the people you see as peasants ever again!!!
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)... or Eddie Fucking Munster.
herding cats
(19,565 posts)He'd much rather be off defunding Medicare or pillaging SS, but no, he's stuck having to pander to Trump.
berksdem
(595 posts)Trump are a fucking waste of time.
PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)anyone need a floating hot mic around Trump oops
and I've had Right wing nuts slam the Women March on Washington for using that word. OOPS!! Naturally I try to refrain from it in political discussions. I do use it casually to vent. Better out than in as Shrek says
spartan61
(2,091 posts)I'm so sick of these repukes who think they are above everyone else. This is your job, Idiot!!!
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,490 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)elleng
(130,974 posts)JDC
(10,129 posts)czarjak
(11,278 posts)Dude.
Cary
(11,746 posts)... because of our own drug industry.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Seriously. I really do.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)but if rump keeps up his pace it wont matter, we will all be dead anyways.
starshine00
(531 posts)Last edited Tue Jan 31, 2017, 11:31 PM - Edit history (1)
this kid was a spoiled brat from day one.
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)starshine00
(531 posts)it surprises me he didn't say 'like omg' with lots of vocal fry
heaven05
(18,124 posts)he was voted in by people who feel the same and could care less about leadership, diversity and equality. Now those voters not only have this POS but president bannon and his boy-potus puppet.
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Hammill deleted his accusation and apologized.
retrowire
(10,345 posts)Fake news comes from everywhere.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)If Janet Jackson's boob was a national travesty, it's time to dish it...
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)xocet
(3,871 posts)by Justin Baragona | 11:22 am, January 31st, 2017
At the end of the GOP leaders weekly briefing on Capitol Hill, which was carried live by CNN this morning, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) walked away after answering a handful of questions from reporters.
Prior to CNN going back to studio, someone could be heard clearly saying waste of my f*cking time on the air.
Shortly after this aired, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosis Deputy Chief of Staff Drew Hammill accused Ryan himself of uttering the phrase.
...
Hammill eventually deleted the tweet, stating Ryans chief communications advisor told him it wasnt Ryan. The Pelosi staffer also apologized.
...
http://www.mediaite.com/online/no-paul-ryan-was-not-caught-by-a-hot-mic-saying-waste-of-my-fcking-time/
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)xocet
(3,871 posts)claim.
That would seem to be a solid reason to believe the article's content.
Do you have any reason to offer why it should not be believed?
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Because shit like this looks like partisan bickering which they do not need right now. I'd love to see a voice analysis or at least an explaination of which GOPer said it - because one obviously did.
former9thward
(32,025 posts)Nothing is too crazy to start a fake CT.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)TrollBuster9090
(5,954 posts)foreign surveillance warrants?
47of74
(18,470 posts)Hulk
(6,699 posts)What a pompous political whore.
Native
(5,942 posts)red dog 1
(27,820 posts)In any case, it was one of the GOP House leaders who said it, and that's great to hear, imo.
According to Raw Story:
"As Ryan, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), and other GOP leaders walked past the podium to exit the briefing room, someone could be heard griping about the press conference."
'Waste of my fucking time,'the person uttered under his breath.'"
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/waste-of-my-fcking-time-hot-mic-at-gop-press-conference-catches-griping-as-paul-ryan-walks-away/
BigRig
(74 posts)The press is a waste of his fucking time, or...and hopefully....Trumps stupid agenda is a waste of his fucking time.
I'm almost convinced that it may be the latter...Just because anyone with the slightest amount of brains knows Trump is going to fuck up everything.
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)Schliky
(1 post)God forbid he has to work for a living.
vkkv
(3,384 posts)Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)You insincere ersatz sad eyed bircher extremist. You look like a cross between dracula and a hillbilly extra from Deliverance.