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What should be said of Wisconsins Paul the Unwilling: the earnestly mannered fresh-faced doe-eyed House Speaker? During his three years in charge this policy wonk" spends as frivolously as any progressivewhile piously opining about conservatism. For context when Mr. Ryan became a representative in January of 1999 the U.S. debt was only $5.56 trillion. Given the nations deeply underwater financesthat ballooned over his 19-year career (and spanned four U.S. presidents) Ryans truly a Republican In Name Only (RINO).
Specifically hes the embodiment of incompatible opposites. Mr. Ryan took the top congressional job in October of 2015while publicly proclaiming he didnt want it. Likewise was his chilly embrace of then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. As the standard-bearer the President was never the beneficiary of Mr. Ryans largesse: extended to all Democrats. Regarding support of Trump this highest elected Republican famously said Im not there right now." Contrast that to Ryans sunny treatment of his liberal colleagues in his first speech as the 62nd Speaker of the House:
But lets be frank: The House is broken. We are not solving problems. We are adding to them. And I am not interested in laying blame. We are not settling scores. We are wiping the slate clean."
In retrospect Mr. Ryans loyalty was always to the entrenched Washington establishment (read: the swamp) not to the brash billionaire businessman become president or his populist constituency.
Lets look briefly at this Speakers report card". When Mr. Ryan assumed his leadership role on October 29 2015 the national debt was $18152590112385.69. Upon his retirement announcement on April 11th the figure was $21121833941447.86. Thats an increase of $2.97 trillion in two years and 5 ½ months. Per Gallup Congresss approval rating (Nov. 4-8 2015) was 11. As Gallups figure is not yet available the RealClear average is currently 13.2. Thats a meager improvement of 2.2. Schizophrenically Mr. Ryan reforms taxes like a Republican while squandering like a spendthrift Democrat. What else explains his rubber-stamping a budget-busting 1.8 trillion dollar spending bill early in his tenure (December 2015) barely averting a government shutdown in March (with another $1.3 trillion in expenditures) while previously passing tax relief (December 2017)? Given his track record and fiscal results thats an F.
While Paul Ryan basks taking his self-congratulatory victory lapsonly his myriad failures weakening America will be his legacy.
