About time, but another grease ball will take his place.
Good fuckin' riddance, and Hallelujah.
Doubtful. Ryan has never liked Trump and only deals with because of necessity.
Yeah, I'd like to believe that, but there's a little snag.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-in-2016-i-think-putin-pays-trump/2017/05/17/515f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html
If this is a true representation of the incident, Ryan knows more than he wants anyone to believe or suspect. Complete with the "it was a joke, I was only pretending to cover up a criminal conspiracy to rig the 2016 election" card.
man if ryan doesn't like trump I'd hate to see someone who actually liked him as majority leader
“This is a Titanic, tectonic shift. … This is going to make every Republican donor believe the House can’t be held.” The announcement will help Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in his fundraising because “the Senate becomes the last bastion," the Republican said.
It’s still too early to tell, but Republicans appear to be castling—i.e. preemptively sacrificing their House majority in order to concentrate their efforts on the more favorable ground or the Senate. If this turns out to be the case, it would amount to a deliberate abandonment of the Trump presidency. (The Republican leadership would be preserved at the cost of leaving Trump vulnerable to impeachment in the House.) Perhaps in light of recent events, Republicans are starting to view Trump as political deadweight.
I’ve always hoped the Trump presidency would end with his allies turning on him, it would be great if it actually turns out that way.
Paul Ryan is likely pulling out to start gearing up for a presidential campaign. Trumps not going to survive another 4 years in office after this term, so they're likely thinking long term on who to put in place next.
Ryans young and has a huge amount of support from Republicans so he's got a good chance at making it
Its because Wisconsin is going to be redistricted and he's going to be a major causality, so yeah hes going to save face early I think in a bid to be a president or senator in the future.
On another note the republican front runner for Ryan's district is an avowed white nationalist
https://www.thedailybeast.com/paul-ryans-retirement-gives-a-big-boost-to-the-most-prominent-white-nationalist-in-us-politics?source=articles&via=rss
abandoning the sinking ship
More right-wing extremists for us to cut down with votes.
replacing one shitty Paul with another shitty Paul, great
I love how Trump is saying how Paul is a good man and how everyone is with him, despite the fact he's basically giving Trump and friends a thumbs up from the last life boat as they sink to their deaths. He's truly your friend Trump.
Ryan isn't the only Republican to announce he won't be seeking re-election today
https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/04/11/floridas-dennis-ross-to-retire-from-us-house-359492
Seems like they're getting tired of winning so much
What kind of scum-gargling shit-bag do you have to be to get kicked off of "Alt-Right Twitter"?
https://twitter.com/JoshuaMZeitz/status/984086608352874497
https://twitter.com/AlecMacGillis/status/984076478345293825
Also, it's worth treading cautiously, because there is the potential for shenanigans:
https://twitter.com/DHeyerman/status/984198692457426945