30 May 2022

Romney's 2012 Running-Mate for Vice-President Paul Ryan Re-Emerges

Intro: The former Wisconsin Congressman was elected at age 45 as the youngest Speaker in The House of Representatives to serve since 1869,
Ryan said that under the “old meritocracy” it took 10 to 20 years to build a reputation as a “good policymaker.”
 

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan Emerges To Bash 'Entertainer' Politicians

Building an "entertainment brand" in Congress is bad for bipartisanship and forging policy, said Ryan. It "divides us."

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Former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan emerged from self-imposed political exile to lash “entertainer” lawmakers. The former Wisconsin lawmaker didn’t name names, but insisted they come from “both parties.”

“In the ‘old days,’ like ten years ago, if you wanted to do really well in Congress, if you wanted to succeed, you climbed a meritocracy. The measurement of success was policy and persuasion,” Ryan said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Thursday.

"10 years ago if you wanted to do really well in Congress--you climbed a meritocracy. The measurement of success was policy and persuasion," says Paul Ryan. "That's not necessarily what motivates people anymore. There's a lot of entertainers in Congress." pic.twitter.com/QkVpZOeP67

— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) May 26, 2022

...Ryan, who served as speaker form 2015 to 2019, removed himself from the political scrum after 20 years in office and opted not to run for reelection in 2018, following uncomfortable confrontations with then-President Donald Trump.

--- A reluctant Ryan eventually endorsed Trump when he was running for president. But he withdrew his support a month before the 2016 election after the Access Hollywood tape emerged with Trump boasting that he liked to “grab” women “by the pussy.”

--- Trump predictably blasted Ryan as disloyal and accused him of deliberately undermining his campaign.

[Ryan said in an interview last year that it was “really clear” Trump lost the election, and that the election was in no way rigged.]

The former lawmaker told Quick that he has been friends with President Joe Bidenfor years,” but complained Biden “gave the keys to the left.”

 
Now, he scoffed, you can now “just leap-frog that whole process, be a really good entertainer, have an incredible presence, digital, and forget about policymaking and curate a brand for yourself.”
 
 

 

 

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