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."
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 Biden “for years,” but complained Biden “gave the keys to the left.”
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