Former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan declared himself a “never-again Trumper,” blaming former President Donald Trump for the GOP’s poor showing in the midterm elections.
Ryan discussed his term as speaker and his relationship with then-President Trump on ABC’s “This Week” with co-anchor Jonathan Karl on Sunday. Given the GOP’s slim majority, he also cautioned that Republicans would have to collaborate with Democrats to enact legislation.
“I’m happy of what the Trump administration has accomplished, including deregulation, tax reform, and criminal justice reform. I am incredibly thrilled about the justices we got on the court, not just on the Supreme Court, but across the board,” Ryan told Karl. “However, I am a never-again Trumper. Why am I? Because I would like to win, and we will lose with Trump.”
Ryan blamed Trump for many Republican election losses, including House seat losses in 2018, the president and Senate losses in 2020, and the failure to reclaim the Senate in 2022, which Republicans “should have and could have won.” The former House Speaker blamed the defeat on the “Trump factor.”
Ryan argued that while Trump was able to mobilize his support for the primaries, delivering some Trump-backed candidates to victory, it was insufficient for general elections. He predicted that Republican voters will “move on” from their support for Trump.
“That’s why I don’t believe he ends up receiving the nomination,” Ryan explained. “I believe we have a tremendous stable of decent, talented conservatives who are very capable of winning this primary and the general, and I believe Republican voters recognize that. So, eventually, I believe our people who truly want to win will provide us with candidates who can win,” he remarked.
When Karl questioned what it would mean if Trump won the Republican presidential nomination again, Ryan replied, “We definitely, probably would lose the White House. We already did it in ’20, so I think we’ll lose the White House with Trump, and if there’s no one called Trump, I think we’ll win,” he stated, adding that he thought the former president was “unelectable.”
When questioned about the Republican House majority, Ryan replied, “no matter what measure you’re going to bring to the floor, it’s very hard with that tight of a majority to have just your party enacting legislation.”
“It’s going to be incredibly difficult if you have such a thin majority,” he added. “Having said that,” Ryan said, “there’s nothing more uniting than a razor-thin majority,” stressing that Republicans must collaborate with Democrats to enact legislation.
Republicans won a House majority early last week, but the latest prediction by Decision Desk HQ indicates a thin one, with Republicans holding 219 seats to Democrats 211, above the 218-seat majority threshold. Despite the fact that several races have not yet been called, the majority will be close.
Dang RINO troll. You are nothing but a liar. I hope u choke on all the crows, you’ll be eating. Trump had nothing to do with some of the losses in the Senate. People c y’alls sorry track records in Congress n voted according to what we c when y’alls in session. I do not like u n ur shenanigans. Your sorry arse blame game. A lot of us will support Trump in whatever he decide, he’s great for our country. You, on the other hand is a POS…
what caused the losses is all the fake info fed to their sheep and their ability to steer the elections with all their newfangled voter laws. no matter which republican wins nomination,the demonrats will continue to lie about and made out to be the devil himself, they are only in this for power and control all leading to an agreed to NWO-ONE WORLD DOMINANCE scheme to take the USA off of its pedestal. they see communism as a tool toward this end. the upper hand they have is that they keep people uninformed and stupid and continued BS fed to their indoctrinated SHEEP. they lie about republicans and the SHEEP dont even question them. God help us all.
Not only that, but its that these elitists own all of the Lamestream media channels so most people are only getting spoon fed the narratives of these elitists framing od what they want the people to think. Most people dont even know this, and what we need is our own satelites in orbit with our own media to speak the truth about whats happening 24 / 7 and 365 days a year constantly broadcasting every day the southern border, and all of the crimes these leftist freaks are committing. This election stealing, and ALL of the ways THEY are accomplishing it. Its real, and needs to be exposed so the people know whats really going on. Educating our people is the top priority in order to save our country, and this world.
Yes I agree
RYAN a BOEHNER clone and the projected new Leader McCarthy are all RINOS and if the R’s want to win ALL of them must be soundly rejected and charged with ruining the Party. Kevin is a clone of both traitors and must be soundly defeated for House Leader if we ever have any chance to bring the corrupt BiDen family and Administration to Justice from the PEOPLE!
RINOS declared war on Donald J. Trump the minute he came down the escalator. Paul Ryan worked against POTUS45 every step.
Our REAL president is not the reason few republicans lost. AZ,is the CHEATING capitol of our country. Do people honestly believe hoggs and kelly won without cheating? Hoggs wants open borders, no border walls, mandatory masks and jabs, prisoners released, CRT, trans B.S., ETC, AZ experienced running out of paper, machine malfunction, they pulled the USE SJARPIES again, telling voters they had to ho elsewhere due to paper shoetage and malfunctions. We are now WIRSE then a BANANA REPUBLIC..
THREE WEEKS. Why aren’t all votes counted? Some states had results by midnight. AZ can’t get one county counted, FL had the woile state counted by midnight.
If they get aways with this STEAL AGAIN, consider our country DEAD.
They should be taking care of the important issues of the country. But yet still -they spend their time trying to destroy Trump and get all their cohorts to join in. Reminds me of gangs out to destroy someone. And these are our politicians who are running our country. NO FOCUS on borders crisis, inflation, getting the pipeline opened, checking our defense system. They need to wake up, do they think all Americans believe what they say. If your in the presidents class of intellect maybe so. But they think all Americans are stupid. They are not running the country, they are running the country into the ground. Biden was in congress for over 40 years and all he did was raise taxes and by the way was the one who put in the bill twice first to tax our social security earnings and then again to raise that tax. Many Americans do not know that, look in to history, and look what is happening now. Like I say many times before you vote, really go back and check history. All would get a rude awakening.
Ryan and his RHINOs are trying desperately to split the Republicans vote, so we will lose to the Dum Demos again.
THIS WOULD BE A DISASTER TO THE COUNTRY! (“There are none so blind as those that WILL NOT see!”
So true all the RINO’s ran on “repeal and replace Obama Care” in 2016 and never even passed a bill. When Obama was in the White House they sent many repeal bills to him knowing they would be vetoed. After 2016 nothing!
Ryan is a SCUMBAG Coward. He sold his soul, & crapped on his constituents all the way to the BANK.
The Republicans did not fair as well as expected because of Hypocrite traitors such as Milk Toast Mitch, Chin Nuts Cheney, Crap spewing Ryan, Benedict Romney & a whole list of other RINO’S that need to go. The RINO excrements are in it for them selves & care less about hard working Americans, they should be Demonrats. Wonder what these SCUMBAGS will say when they meet their maker, Oh that’s right, they already sold their souls to Satan. They wont meet their maker.
I THINK RYAN IS STUPID FOOL >THE AZZ HOLE RINO’S ARE THE REASON
THAT THERE WAS NO BIG RED WAVE IN THE 2Q022 ELECTION >THOSE IDIOTS
EVEN PUT MONEY IN TO TRY TO THROW THE ELECTION TO MAKE TRUMP LOOK BAD > SO PEOPLE WOULD NOT VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN >:
TWITTER MAN SHOWED THE PROOF OF HOW THE FBI SCREWED WITH THE 2022
ELECTION TO MAKE TRUMP LOOK BAD TO STOP HIM FROM RUNNING >IN 2024>:
Sorry but the political process sucks, seems like it’s a free for all. Until we unite and praise what a good president has accomplished for the betterment of the majority, this bickering will never end. Mr Trump was attempting to drain the SWAMP, however he wasn’t very successful because they all knew the end of GOLD TRAIN was around the corner. We all know that the system is in dire need of a major overhaul, but sadly there lies the problem, they so called fathers don’t want their lucrative cushy shady positions taken away.
Unfortunately Paul Ryan became Speaker of the House and he was not a very good one at that. The problem with the RINO’S is that they are too willing to bo along with the Dumbocrats just so they can be recognized as n effective Congressman or Senator. Either they are lacking in Testicular Fortitude or have too much estrogen to stand up for the Constitution and the RIGHTS of the people and the Citizens of this once great nation and now they stand against the one Great Man, leader and a true PATRIOT who has the ability and knowledge and the TESTICULAR FORTITUDE to do what is necessary to make this nation Great Again by advancing the Economy, making The United States of America the great nation that it once was by protecting the rights of the CITIZENS, the yet to be born and by appointing Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States of America who understands the purpose of the court is to protect your righsts as spelled out in the Constitution. It cannot grant rights that are not included in the Constitution. If enough people want new rights added to the Constitution they need to get the Congress to pass L=legislation that proposes the amendment and then get 38 states to ratify the legislation and then there is a new RIGHT in the Constitution. A class in Civics should be in the required curriculum of every high school and university in this country and it should require a reasonable understanding of the Constitution and all of the amendments there to attached in order to graduate or receive a degree,