Paul Ryan not going to run for re-election...and says he has "no regrets"...seriously Paul?...you should be ashamed of the things you didn't do and for riding the fence on so many issues.
"Ryan did not mention Trump in his press conference but a source familiar with the speaker's decision insisted that it had nothing to do with Trump."
Unlike Corker and many others, Ryan has no balls to tell the truth.
For someone who:
"was critical of Trump's demeanor during the 2016 campaign, but he soon swallowed those criticisms when Trump won." Imo, it's no different than a spineless Politico who has caved in to pressure; failing to keep his own majority GOP agendae and stance (
tho' confused as to what his stance ever was), against unreasonable, ignorant policies of a tolitarian narcisstic potus, and his crony puppets. Not knowing when to stand or take a seat.
This is becoming a common theme. Exiting of GOP Cotus. Fearing their (already fkd up) reputations are going to be forever tarnished/ruined from being a spoke in the wheel of a madman sociopath potus. Saying they are not running, have no plans for politics in the immediate future, but, but-BUT- they just might regroup for life after Donald, and run once again, maybe even for potus. Only when the sewage they didn't take out themselves, is somehow magically removed by voters, or
**act of god to remove this Reality Show Admin.
** stroke, heart attack, dementia, falls down AF-1 Ladder/stairs.
- doesn't include: impeachment, mental breakdown, in cross hairs of a sniper, nuclear annihilation or an AF-1 air disaster. IF he ever returns to Russia; only to be shot down by Ukraine/Crimean Freedom Fighters.
"Ryan has said he fully expects that this will be his last job in elected politics and the source familiar with the speaker's decision would not discuss Ryan's plans or next steps. "He has always believed this [being speaker] is not a long-term thing," said the source."
"But getting out of the spotlight now, especially in the Trump era, could help Ryan should he change his mind about running for office again down the road. Ryan, the vice presidential candidate with Mitt Romney in 2012, is, after all, only 48."
"Being a congressional leader is usually not helpful to a politician's public image. They often become lightning rods for political partisanship. By getting out now, one theory goes, Ryan could lay low and potentially run for president at a later date."
Though the explanations offered for these decisions differ, and though many of these GOP-held seats are in no real danger of flipping to Democrats, these retirements are revealing how members of Congress currently view the national political environment. That is: they think there’s a real possibility of a Democratic wave.
But the trend is more meaningful even than that. These very retirements could help make such a wave even bigger, because it’s generally easier for the opposition party to flip open seats than it is to knock off incumbents.
the flip flop artist, who never really knew what he stood for-
https://www.vox.com/2018/4/11/17223942/house-speaker-paul-ryan-fraud
