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RandySF

(59,167 posts) Wed Dec 20, 2017, 02:04 AM Dec 2017

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If this is true, will they ask Paul Ryan to resign?

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If this is true, will they ask Paul Ryan to resign? (Original Post) RandySF Dec 2017 OP

i haven't heard that but i have heard DesertFlower Dec 2017 #1

Haven't heard this. I doubt he will be called to resign. OliverQ Dec 2017 #2

I think he's involved with Russia and that's why he's said he'll resign More_Cowbell Dec 2017 #3

He definitely received money from Russian Proxies. onecaliberal Dec 2017 #5

Reportedly, he was recorded TWICE making money transfer arrangements with Kislyak. Eyeball_Kid Dec 2017 #7

He was also recorded telling others to shut up about the Trump Rohrabacher Putin MrsCoffee Dec 2017 #18

I sure hope he is one of the indictments. LiberalBrooke Dec 2017 #11

I hear rumors Hillary, Obama have been secretly indicted. Rumors are unreliable. Cicada Dec 2017 #4

If the filthy rat bastard does leave CONgress... LenaBaby61 Dec 2017 #6

fake news nt msongs Dec 2017 #8

Russia, Russia, Russia... dchill Dec 2017 #9

I heard he'll resign after tax bill passed and before the sh*t hits the fan and comes back to defeat George Eliot Dec 2017 #10

Some twitter twerp tweets a rumor, and boom there it is already on DU. Tipperary Dec 2017 #12

No different from the past nearly twenty years here Blue_Adept Dec 2017 #15

I suppose you have a point there. It just seems to happen more frequently with twitter. Tipperary Dec 2017 #16

The social media bleed continues here Blue_Adept Dec 2017 #17

This should put him in prison for treason malaise Dec 2017 #13

There's no way an arrogant p***k like Ryan doesn't have sex scandals in the closet. betsuni Dec 2017 #14

DesertFlower

(11,649 posts)

1. i haven't heard that but i have heard

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 02:06 AM

Dec 2017

that he will be resigning after his term is over in 2018.

OliverQ

(3,363 posts)

2. Haven't heard this. I doubt he will be called to resign.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 02:08 AM

Dec 2017

And even if he is, who cares. He just got a massive windfall and can retire in luxury without consequence.

More_Cowbell

(2,191 posts)

3. I think he's involved with Russia and that's why he's said he'll resign

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 02:11 AM

Dec 2017

Just as soon as he's made sure that no one else can get the Social Security benefits that he got, growing up.

onecaliberal

(32,888 posts)

5. He definitely received money from Russian Proxies.

Reply to More_Cowbell (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 02:17 AM

Dec 2017

Eyeball_Kid

(7,434 posts)

7. Reportedly, he was recorded TWICE making money transfer arrangements with Kislyak.

Reply to onecaliberal (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 02:22 AM

Dec 2017

MrsCoffee

(5,803 posts)

18. He was also recorded telling others to shut up about the Trump Rohrabacher Putin

Reply to Eyeball_Kid (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 11:17 AM

Dec 2017

money trail.

“No leaks.... What’s said in the family stays in the family”.

LiberalBrooke

(527 posts)

11. I sure hope he is one of the indictments.

Reply to More_Cowbell (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 09:21 AM

Dec 2017

I’d love to see that smug face of his show real fear.

Cicada

(4,533 posts)

4. I hear rumors Hillary, Obama have been secretly indicted. Rumors are unreliable.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 02:12 AM

Dec 2017

And if Paul Ryan leaves Repubs will replace him with another con man, makes no real difference.

LenaBaby61

(6,977 posts)

6. If the filthy rat bastard does leave CONgress...

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 02:20 AM

Dec 2017

It's damn sure FOR a negative reason.

msongs

(67,438 posts)

8. fake news nt

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 02:34 AM

Dec 2017

dchill

(38,521 posts)

9. Russia, Russia, Russia...

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 03:17 AM

Dec 2017

George Eliot

(701 posts)

10. I heard he'll resign after tax bill passed and before the sh*t hits the fan and comes back to defeat

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 03:29 AM

Dec 2017

him.

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)

12. Some twitter twerp tweets a rumor, and boom there it is already on DU.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 09:37 AM

Dec 2017

We really should have a “fake news” alert button.

Blue_Adept

(6,400 posts)

15. No different from the past nearly twenty years here

Reply to Tipperary (Reply #12)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 09:45 AM

Dec 2017

where random internet people on the site would post a rumor and people would discuss it from there.

Just because it originates on Twitter doesn't mean anything.

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)

16. I suppose you have a point there. It just seems to happen more frequently with twitter.

Reply to Blue_Adept (Reply #15)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 10:55 AM

Dec 2017

The Facebook memes that show up here posted as news just get under my skin I guess.

Blue_Adept

(6,400 posts)

17. The social media bleed continues here

Reply to Tipperary (Reply #16)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 10:57 AM

Dec 2017

Actual discussion has dropped off significantly over the years and the majority of replies end up being snark, pictures, or memes. That's contributed to my posting far less than I used to on DU2 because you'd write things with some nuance or actual points to talk about and would just get snark or a meme. I stick around to keep up on breaking news and to get an idea of the pulse on things but actual engagement is simply tiring.

malaise

(269,157 posts)

13. This should put him in prison for treason

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 09:41 AM

Dec 2017

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?utm_term=.812e8eff079b
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A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy — made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation on Capitol Hill with his fellow GOP leaders: that Trump could be the beneficiary of payments from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, according to a recording of the June 15, 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) immediately interjected, stopping the conversation from further exploring McCarthy’s assertion, and swore the Republicans present to secrecy.

betsuni

(25,610 posts)

14. There's no way an arrogant p***k like Ryan doesn't have sex scandals in the closet.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 09:42 AM

Dec 2017

No way.

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