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WASHINGTON In a scathing response to President Obama's State of the Union Address, House Speaker Paul Ryan told USA TODAY on Wednesday that the speech's political tone toward Donald Trump and the Republican presidential field "degrades the presidency."
Obama made comments unmistakably targeted at Trump, though he didn't mention the GOP front-runner by name in Tuesday's address. The president blasted as un-American and wrong-headed those who are "promising to restore past glory if we just got some group or idea that was threatening America under control."
Ryan said he agreed with Obama that Trump's proposal to temporarily ban Muslim immigrants from the United States was a bad idea. "Putting a religious test on anybody coming to this country is wrong," the Wisconsin Republican said. "We ought to have a security test, not a religious test. That's who we are.
"But I think it sort of degrades the presidency to then talk about primary politics in the other party, during primaries. That's not what presidents ought to be talking about in State of the Union addresses," Ryan added. "Speaking up for our values and speaking up for our beliefs is one thing. But kind of wading into the primary politics of the other party is just not really what presidents ought to do."
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/01/13/paul-ryan-obama-political-state-of-the-union-degrades-presidency/78747316/
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Cruz is a fascist too. I have taken to calling them fascists to people's face when they mention these two clowns. The memo needs to go out. No mistaking what these two idiots are.
MBS
(9,688 posts)katmondoo
(6,457 posts)Sitting behind the President with that snotty look shows a small minded person of low character
Manifestor_of_Light
(21,046 posts)Thus it ever was, back to Joe McCarthy and before.
Wisdom from my dad the Socialist union organizer who got to the point where he would want to spit every time he saw a Republican on TV (like Nixon, or Agnew, or especially Reagan).
Republicans don't have ideas, they just have name-calling and insulting people who disagree with them.
They don't like Obama, but have no ideas to replace the Democratic ones they rail against.
Jobs program? Nope.
Universal healthcare? Nope.
Green energy transition programs? Nope.
Affordable college plans? Nope.
Infrastructure repair program? Nope.
Raising wages to sustain the middle class? Nope.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)What a foul example of a human being.
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)of good air which should be put to better use by endangered species.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)Go do some push-ups or something equally worthwhile, little man.
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)Reagan gave a primetime national address on TV from the Oval Office the night before the 1984 election urging people to vote for him.
Now, just imagine if Obama had done that in 2012. Imagine the outrage.
Or how about Shrub attacking Obama from overseas (in Israel) during the 2008 campaign?
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)lame54
(35,321 posts)Gregorian
(23,867 posts)DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)malaise
(269,157 posts)Presidency - spare me the racist dog whistle you fucking moron.