Mueller is writing the last chapter of Ryan’s legacy.
In the years since, rank-and-file conservatives have had to suffer over this obsession with Ryan. But he will be leaving Congress at the end of his term in January, and when he does, Republicans should finally stop pretending his political prescriptions are the future of the GOP. Instead, Paul Ryan’s tenure should be summed up in history books with three words: betrayal, failure, and disaster.
The moment Republicans gained the majority in the House in 2010, Ryan jumped into action as House Budget Committee chairman, unveiling his signature budget plan entitled “A Path to Prosperity.” The plan was economically unrealistic, politically unfeasible, and wildly unpopular with the American public, yet Republicans ate it up. When the plan went nowhere, and in fact cost the GOP valuable House seats in special elections, still Ryanmania continued.
#TaxCutsForRich #RecordDeficits #Tariffs #TradeWars #FarmerHandouts #TrumpMinion #WitchHunts #PutinRepublicans #RussiaGate #TreasonCaucus .............................................#TeaParty
Ryan, there wasn’t one thing that got away. It was ALL THREE.
"On healthcare itself and debt and deficits, it's the one that got away"
— Paul Ryan
Americans overwhelmingly didn’t want the tax cuts. Yet, Republicans voted for it anyway. #GOPdonors
As speaker, Ryan helped oversee a rise in spending that is already adding to the deficit. Under his tenure, the amount of outstanding federal debt grew by just over $2 trillion, and the federal deficit expanded from $438 billion in the 2015 fiscal year to $779 billion in the 2018 fiscal year.
And it's projected to get even more pronounced from here. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the deficit in the 2019 fiscal year — which began October 1 — will be $981 billion.
In 2018, Ryan's last year in Congress, the US is expected to issue $1.3 trillion in new debt, up 146% from the 2017 amount and the most in one calendar year since 2010.
Paul Ryan deleted his embarrassing tweet of a blatant admission because he and Republicans don’t want you to know the truth: the #GOPTaxScam is a gift to corporate America and the top 1% at your expense. He also doesn’t want you to know he got $500.000.00 from the Koch family.
— Nancy Pelosi @TeamPelosi - Feb 3, 2018
Ryan and Republicans: Donors FIRST. Country LAST #KochBrothers
While Trump does everything he can to stop our democracy in its tracks the Speaker of the House has either been SILENT or caught helping colleagues #collude with the WH.
#PaulRyan is #COMPLICIT.
#GOPComplicit #TrumpRussia #MuellerInvestigation #Maddow #Inners #Lawrence
— Nick Walden Poublon @NWPinPDX - Jan 26, 2018
