Paul Ryan Sets Google News Alert for the Moment When Trump Becomes Unpopular Enough to Betray

[madokie]

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—House Speaker Paul Ryan has set a Google News alert to notify him of the instant that Donald Trump becomes unpopular enough to turn against, Ryan revealed on Thursday.

The news alert, which Ryan said was set to the phrase “Trump approval rating falls below fifty per cent among Republican voters,” will inform the House Speaker of the precise moment “that I can bail on President Trump at no political cost to me,” Ryan explained.

“There’s this sense out there in the media that Washington is consumed by drama and nothing is getting done,” Ryan told reporters. “I think it’s important for people to know that important things are, in fact, getting done, and setting this Google News alert is one of those things.”

Asked by a reporter when he anticipated turning on Trump, Ryan dismissed that as a hypothetical question, adding, “There is no timetable for my inevitable betrayal of him. Once I receive that Google News alert, it will most likely happen a split second after that.”

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[eleny]

1. Souned like The Onion

Borowitz is a gem.

[nycbos]

2. Adam Schiff said it best

"They want something from this president. Once they have it THEN they will find their spine"

[tanyev]

3. Wait, I thought Borowitz was supposed to be satire.

This is probably pretty close to the truth.

[barbtries]

4. i love Andy Borowitz.

follow him on FB too - he's good guy