Ryan: 'We Are A Divided Nation, And Now We Have A Divided Washington'

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo




By Matt Shuham

November 7, 2018 2:59 am

Outgoing House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Wednesday morning congratulated Democrats on their new House majority and said the divided Congress now matched the “divided nation.”

“Tonight history has repeated itself. A party in power always faces tough odds in its first midterm election. It is always hard to see friends and good colleagues work so hard and fall short. Yet I’m proud of the campaign that our members and candidates ran in a challenging political environment. I congratulate Democrats on a new House majority and Senate Republicans for maintaining theirs. We don’t need an election to know that we are a divided nation, and now we have a divided Washington. As a country and a government we must find a way to come together to find common ground and build on the successes of this Congress. It has been an incredible honor to lead the House over the past three years. We have made an enduring contribution to the strength and prosperity of this country, and for that I will always remain proud.”

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[muntrv]

1. And whose fault is that, Paulie?

[brush]

32. Hasn't Mr. Spineless left DC yet? What's taking his useless ass so long?

He got his one life-long dream accomplished, the tax scam for the rich, so go already.

No one will miss your ineffectual behind.

[BlueStater]

2. And we have people like you to thank for that, Ryan.

Enjoy your lucrative new career as lobbyist, you fucking weasel.

[GWC58]

8. To Speaker Ryan, with all due respect

FUCK YOU!! Put that in your pipe & choke on it! 🖕🏻

[Freethinker65]

3. and his dreams to destroy social programs and ascend to the Presidency are over

[Iliyah]

4. We are not

divided.

[maxsolomon]

23. We're a Democratic Majority nation

that is Gerrymandered and suppressed out of power.

[the_sly_pig]

5. Thanks Captain Obvious....

[bluestarone]

6. All i can say is

Thank GOD we are divided Washington!! Because we would be a LOST COUNTRY if we were not divided!!! This was our ONLY hope.

[Siwsan]

7. It has long been obvious that the concept of 'checks and balances' is foreign to Ryan

He is the one who enabled the divisions. He actually encouraged them.

[groundloop]

9. At the very least we can now prevent any more radical right agenda from getting passed

THAT is hugely important. Then in two more years when we retake the Senate and White House we can begin repairing the damage trump has done and start moving this country forward again.

[exboyfil]

10. Successes?

The only "success" was passing a tax bill heavily weighted towards the wealthy that put the deficit in even worse shape.

Also approving more weapons programs that are bottomless pits.

[OnlinePoker]

11. "As a country and a government we must find a way to come together to find common ground"

Yah, like your party came together with the Democrats for the betterment of the country during the Obama administration?

[NCDawg]

12. Concessions MY A$$!!!!

You lied, deceived, manipulated and colluded with McTurtle to make Obama's term a living HELL. Then you bent your knee, kissed the ring of Agolf Twitler, collected your shekels, tucked tail and "retired"!....NOW, you call on Congress and the Country to put aside our differences and find common ground! Kindly go FUCK yourself repeatedly!

History will NOT be kind to you, your party, or that A$$HAT sitting in the Oval Office! Step #1 was retake the House, the next step is the retaking of another House!!!

#FOCUS2020!!!

[turbinetree]

13. I don't know about you "ayn rand" Ryan, but our side is not divided

your lackey chief of staff will fuck the people in Janesville just like you did, because, remember, he set your calendar dates for you to have town halls, how many times do you think he will show up.....................about as much as you did ................................FUCK YOU asshole................................ and has for congratulating Democrats for this major win, we don't want your congratulations, you have been a asshole your entire political life, a fucking asshole fucking the American public and blaming us, now you will get some gig, at some right wing site making millions from your libertarian asshole funded Koch network, and you more than likely will write a book about your experience ...................EAT ME..................

[FlightRN]

18. turbinetree

I’m from Janesville. I used to be proud of that and always thought of it as “home,” then I grew up and realized how bad it is.

Of course I’m now stuck in Ohio who just said “more please” to the orange Nazi and I wish I’d get hit by a truck.

I just had to say Hello to you, I’ve never heard anyone else say they were from Janesville. At least you guys got rid of Walker!

[turbinetree]

20. Wado------------Thank you

and welcome to DU

[C_U_L8R]

14. No, now the rightwing republican racists are held in check

No more Nazis.

[William Seger]

15. He's "proud of the campaign that our members and candidates ran" ?!

You're PROUD of that shit? Fuck you, asshole. Demagoguery is poison to a democracy.

[study war no more]

16. Don't let the door hit you on the way out

buu-bye

[laserhaas]

17. YAY!

[uppityperson]

19. Checks and balances

[violetpastille]

26. +1

[2naSalit]

21. Fuck you! Shut up and go tf home, shitneck...nt

[cstanleytech]

22. And it's all your Repugnants parties fault Ryan. Had your party not become the bootlicker party and

decided party over country was more important you might still be in power but you have proven that you and your party are morally bankrupt and corrupt.

[harun]

24. Everything in deadlock means Rich get Richer and poor get Poorer

So division means the 1%'rs win. Which Paul Ryan is the poster boy for supporting the 1%.

GOP in power 1% wins
Dem's in power, blue dogs stop us from changing anything, 1% wins
GOP split with Dem's and gridlock means the 1% wins.

Not a bad system for 1% of the people.

[hatrack]

25. And you, Paul Ryan, showed all the spine of a bowl of oatmeal

Suck it up, big guy - you built this.

[BumRushDaShow]

27. How about all the "bipartisan" bills that you REFUSED to even bring up for a vote because

of that fucking "Hastert Rule" - "The majority of the majority". How is THAT phony ass "rule" "bipartisan" and not something that didn't help to cause an even more "divided House"???

[JudyM]

35. Exactly. More like he's bemoaning the fact that they're now going to have meaningful opposition.

Go Dems!!

[BumRushDaShow]

36. His idea of "unity" is for everyone in Congress to act and vote like RW loons.

[RockRaven]

28. Those who own this country, foreign and domestic, want the nation divided, so people like Ryan

and Trump make it so. Because they are loyal to their paymasters, not the American people.

[Justice]

29. See Ya!

[Cold War Spook]

30. Let's how many bills coming out of the Senate

get out of committee in the House.

[MurrayDelph]

31. Why am I thinking of this Emo Philips line?:

My sister married a German. He complained he couldn’t get a good bagel back home. I said, “Well, whose fault is that?”

[lanlady]

33. the cheek of this man

Straight to the history books with you. As the worst Speaker in our country's history.

[FakeNoose]

34. Paul Ryan, why aren't you gone already?