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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo I had a crazy, random thought this morning
when I was turning off my alarm. What if the real reason Paul Ryan has done nothing to stop the freedom caucus and Devin Nunes isn't because he's a spineless piece of garbage (I'm not saying he isn't, just that it might not be the reason) is because he KNOWS that trump and Pence are going down and he will become president. If it's a done deal, why would he want to do anything to antagonize the rabid base that he'll need to be reelected in 2020? Why waste money on a congressional reelection campaign when he knows he's about to be president? Nobody ever runs for VP without wanting to be president someday. (Dick Cheney doesn't count because he WAS the president). Granted, it would have to happen in the next couple of months, but you never know.
Now, I'm not by any stretch of the imagination saying that this is what I think is going on -- it was truly just a random thought that popped into my head this a.m. and I thought it was interesting enough to share.
Everybody have a great day!
vlyons
(10,252 posts)He will go off to some cushy job somewhere to rake in the millions
imanamerican63
(13,787 posts)madaboutharry
(40,209 posts)because he is dirtied up in all things Russia and he is scared. But your theory could be right. Or maybe he is just a spineless twit.
2naSalit
(86,586 posts)vlyons
(10,252 posts)$9.900 of which was from the NRA, which as we now know got Russian money. So Ryan is not the altar boy that he pretends to be. He's just as dirty as the rest of the ReThugs.
https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/recips.php?id=d000000082
genxlib
(5,526 posts)Then he is running out of time. If it were really the case, he would need to run for reelection just to ensure he was still there as the thing drags on.
I agree with the other posters here. He is just cowardly. He would rather stay quiet so that he can maintain some semblance of control and then leave in the middle of the night.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)however, I believe he is complicit in the Russia Election Meddling either through knowledge of it or as a beneficiary so I believe he is getting out while the getting may be good.
FM123
(10,053 posts)but he knows how dirty he is and that eventually everyone will know too. The repubs may act like they are covering up for trump but they are really covering up for themselves.
Harker
(14,015 posts)with him.
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)They wanted their own SCOTUS pick. Whatever the cost.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,339 posts)However, there's little indication that Trump will be removed, and ZERO chance that Pence would go with him.
Pence just wants Trump's presidency to survive until Jan 21, so Pence doesn't get term-limited at 6.001 years.