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berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 11:32 AM Jan 2017

HOT MIC! Rep. Ryan, Sp. of the House, just whispered "Waste of my FUCKING Time" after presser

Just now on CNN, Rep. Ryan upon completion of his presser for the "Weekly GOP Leadership" announcements, walking off the stage could be heard whispering "Waste of my FUCKING time" (emphasis added by me to demonstrate his emphasis on the word).

This shows you what the GOP really thinks about communicating their Agenda to the public.

UPDATE: someone on YouTube caught it:



And another:



UPDATE 2: Pelosi tweeted out that Ryan said it. Ryan's staff is firing back saying he didn't. To be fair, it's not possible to definitively say he said it. But it certainly sounded like him. Also, just because he was not at the podium doesn't mean he wasn't mic'd or a mic wasn't near when it was said. Raw Story and other places are picking up the story now. All-in-all this will blow over, but if Ryan did say it, it's telling about his current state of mind. I sense things are going to get ugly, real ugly, soon.

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HOT MIC! Rep. Ryan, Sp. of the House, just whispered "Waste of my FUCKING Time" after presser (Original Post) berni_mccoy Jan 2017 OP
Kick this to the Effing Greatest Page please maxrandb Jan 2017 #1
Love to see it SHRED Jan 2017 #2
Updated with not one but TWO videos. berni_mccoy Jan 2017 #23
:-) SHRED Jan 2017 #28
Oops. braddy Jan 2017 #3
Asshole! get the red out Jan 2017 #4
Well, in his defense, Paul Ryan could have been doing something productive. guillaumeb Jan 2017 #5
Like pretending to wash clean dishes with his family? FSogol Jan 2017 #49
I disagree; Ryan isn't spineless gratuitous Jan 2017 #57
You're probably right. He's just doesn't care. n/t FSogol Jan 2017 #64
Exactly drmeow Jan 2017 #71
They are the bad guys in movies come to life.. pangaia Jan 2017 #78
Not capable of empathy, or like the Romans, enjoy suffering Alice11111 Feb 2017 #108
I think Trump enjoys others suffering drmeow Feb 2017 #113
Exactly Alice11111 Feb 2017 #114
He (and all the rest) would be singing a different tune Volaris Jan 2017 #73
I agree. mdbl Feb 2017 #110
EmmmHmmmm. In short order they'd all be Liberals. Volaris Feb 2017 #111
Most puppets are spineless. guillaumeb Jan 2017 #79
Like giving tbbnf Feb 2017 #106
Ryan would refer to it as providing "full-service" fro his donors. guillaumeb Feb 2017 #112
I just watched that metroins Jan 2017 #6
Was there a seven second delay so it could be 'bleeped' out? (hope not) nt. PearliePoo2 Jan 2017 #7
No, no delay, and I heard it directly on CNN. berni_mccoy Jan 2017 #14
No - this clip shows the cut back to Carol Costello csziggy Jan 2017 #35
K&R n/t rzemanfl Jan 2017 #8
Waste of a fucking House seat Achilleaze Jan 2017 #9
good one! librechik Jan 2017 #10
That is what wonder as well. Equinox Moon Jan 2017 #21
Don't forget not fooled Jan 2017 #86
Spot on! I will add it. Equinox Moon Jan 2017 #102
Yup! berni_mccoy Jan 2017 #27
+1 uponit7771 Jan 2017 #68
Holy Mackerel. lamp_shade Jan 2017 #11
Got the impression that madamesilverspurs Jan 2017 #12
+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Jan 2017 #22
Rethuglicans disdain for the people of the U.S. is palpable. Nitram Jan 2017 #13
Why should they hide it? Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #39
K&R!!! 2naSalit Jan 2017 #15
To the twitting machines! K&R 2naSalit Jan 2017 #16
Any video or link? HipChick Jan 2017 #17
Updated in the OP. I'm not the only one who heard it LOL berni_mccoy Jan 2017 #25
So much evil to be done. So little time. lpbk2713 Jan 2017 #18
Maybe he could go waste his time somewhere else. Cracklin Charlie Jan 2017 #19
And the feeling is mutual, Mr Ryan. n/t malthaussen Jan 2017 #20
what are going to tell your children bdamomma Jan 2017 #24
They know there's been a coup & this "democracy nonsense" is just for show. catbyte Jan 2017 #26
I thought it was a reporter? Glimmer of Hope Jan 2017 #29
When I heard it, I was pretty sure it was him. Sounded like his voice, especially on the foul part. berni_mccoy Jan 2017 #32
Oh. What an asshole. Glimmer of Hope Jan 2017 #42
I'm thinking it's a reporter as well flygal Jan 2017 #69
Just tweeted this to him.... bhusar Jan 2017 #30
Everything about this jerk and his party of... Guilded Lilly Jan 2017 #31
In his defense: There is no GOP leadership anymore. There is only Trump and his cabal. DetlefK Jan 2017 #33
Ryan never wanted Speaker HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #37
Actually it is... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #40
Yup, that happens all the time HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #46
We are living in "interesting" times... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #50
I don't think pence would be impeached...for ignorance Alice11111 Feb 2017 #116
He's relatively young... Baconator Jan 2017 #47
I doubt it HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #48
Technically yes..but if Pence is not impeached at the same time as cheeto hombre... sdfernando Jan 2017 #54
True...he could have been screwing people out of health care, retirement savings BeyondGeography Jan 2017 #34
Jackass!!! Stellar Jan 2017 #36
What? These people are getting a dose of their own chaos and they realize they can't get anything Baitball Blogger Jan 2017 #38
Paul, you haven't done shit for 6 years... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #41
+ eleventy billion Lucinda Jan 2017 #43
How DARE we lillypaddle Jan 2017 #44
You're a waste of America's fucking time, Ryan! Rabrrrrrr Jan 2017 #45
THIS calimary Jan 2017 #52
The only place he manages to join in with Catholic social teaching Rabrrrrrr Jan 2017 #55
Hey Ryan--YOU a waste to the human race. Shame on you. riversedge Jan 2017 #51
Could he have meant Trump had wasted his time BainsBane Jan 2017 #53
Hey Paul, life is too short to work at a job you hate logosoco Jan 2017 #56
Well that's it then... he's got his new nickname: Paul Fucking Ryan Still In Wisconsin Jan 2017 #58
It's hard work having to spew BS defending their modern Caligula actions. herding cats Jan 2017 #59
Ryan and... berksdem Jan 2017 #60
thunk PatrynXX Jan 2017 #61
K & R spartan61 Jan 2017 #62
If only there were something we could do about the drugs coming across our borders. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #63
He is SUCH a dick! smirkymonkey Jan 2017 #65
And you, 'Sir,' are a waste of our air and space. elleng Jan 2017 #66
Doe-Eyed Satan has a potty mouth JDC Jan 2017 #67
Bannon doesn't like you.... czarjak Jan 2017 #70
We do have an opiod problem... Cary Jan 2017 #72
Not all of us can be as super as Paul Ryan. HughBeaumont Jan 2017 #74
I hate Ayn Ryan intensely. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2017 #75
The right hates America, greed is what the right worships. sarcasmo Jan 2017 #76
He wants and he is going to get your Medicare and Social Security Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #77
clear as a bell through headphones starshine00 Jan 2017 #80
You got that right- Paul Ryan has always been a rat, and he will always be a rat. n/t Still In Wisconsin Jan 2017 #89
he sounds like a fourteen year old girl starshine00 Jan 2017 #104
well heaven05 Jan 2017 #81
kick KewlKat Jan 2017 #82
This is a lie oberliner Jan 2017 #83
Yep. Alright fellow dems let's back off this. retrowire Jan 2017 #85
I'd believe that if I saw voice analysis bettyellen Jan 2017 #94
Such **language**. when will the FEC get to the fines? LaydeeBug Jan 2017 #84
Prediction (again): tRump will stop pressers. He got tweeter. GOP may cease as well. Eleanors38 Jan 2017 #87
The post is incorrect.... xocet Jan 2017 #88
You believe that why? Sounded just like him to me. bettyellen Jan 2017 #93
Did you happen to read the excerpt? The staffer that made the claim apologized and deleted the... xocet Jan 2017 #95
I think it sounded exactly like him. And the apology was likely forced (unwisely) bettyellen Jan 2017 #97
An internet expert on voice analysis. former9thward Jan 2017 #99
I would think a republican would take responsibility for their mistakes.............. Angry Dragon Jan 2017 #90
What is? Democracy? Or being forced to confirm GRANDPA to the A.G. before you can sign any more TrollBuster9090 Jan 2017 #91
Fornicate you Paul Ryan 47of74 Jan 2017 #92
Now he knows how we feel about his worthless ass Hulk Jan 2017 #96
K&R Native Jan 2017 #98
It could have been House Speaker Eddie Munster who said it, or it could have been someone else.. red dog 1 Jan 2017 #100
Well, he could mean one of two things... BigRig Jan 2017 #101
Ah yes, Paul Fucking Ryan, the devout fucking Catholic. n/t Still In Wisconsin Jan 2017 #103
Lazy. Schliky Jan 2017 #105
Not accurate please delete. Pelosi's aide already apologized after realizing it wasn't Ryan. vkkv Feb 2017 #107
Your job description is right in the job title, dipshit. Suck it up and speak. Mc Mike Feb 2017 #109
... Alice11111 Feb 2017 #115

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
5. Well, in his defense, Paul Ryan could have been doing something productive.
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 11:35 AM
Jan 2017

Like begging for money from his owners.

Sorry, I meant talking with like minded GOP supporters.

FSogol

(45,491 posts)
49. Like pretending to wash clean dishes with his family?
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:36 PM
Jan 2017

Paul Ryan is the most spineless puke in US History. From blank economic plans to imaginery plans to replace the ACA, Ryan is a empty-suited fraud.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
57. I disagree; Ryan isn't spineless
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:54 PM
Jan 2017

Remember, the Republicans in Congress could stop this any time they want. As long as Trump's out front doing the heavy lifting, Ryan's content to sit back and watch his agenda (easing the tax burden on the beleaguered wealthy and pissing some more on the poors from what I can observe) being carried out and let Trump take the heat. Ryan doesn't care about what replaces the ACA; he doesn't care if millions of people suffer and die, as long as his bankrollers keep making out.

drmeow

(5,020 posts)
71. Exactly
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 01:51 PM
Jan 2017

Last night I pointed out to my partner that the Republican's aren't spineless, they are unpatriotic, unethical, and immoral.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
108. Not capable of empathy, or like the Romans, enjoy suffering
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 03:54 AM
Feb 2017

Of others. They are The worst of humankind. They Show that some people are basically evil...At least the Republicans in leadership and many others.

Volaris

(10,272 posts)
73. He (and all the rest) would be singing a different tune
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 02:11 PM
Jan 2017

If his salary for being a rep were, say, 20Gs/year. I don't mind paying for competence in Government (it's a complex model with lots of shifting variables) and if the Pubbies would SAY that to their idiot wotshippers, that would be one thing. But since Ryan and the rest of his 'esteemed colleagues' think big gubmint should be simplified to the point of being useless to people, maybe it's time their salaries started to reflect that opinion.

mdbl

(4,973 posts)
110. I agree.
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 07:27 AM
Feb 2017

Cut their salaries in half, make them invest in their retirement with what's left. Time for them all to know what it's like to work in this country.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
79. Most puppets are spineless.
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 02:26 PM
Jan 2017

He is a puppet of his financial owners. With his wife, a former lobbyist, he is the ultimate insider posing as a country boy.

Equinox Moon

(6,344 posts)
21. That is what wonder as well.
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 11:47 AM
Jan 2017

They clearly think their party is the only one that can lead this country.

This is what they support instead:
Fascist dictator plutocracy
Fascism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism
Dictator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictator
Plutocracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutocracy

madamesilverspurs

(15,805 posts)
12. Got the impression that
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 11:41 AM
Jan 2017

his presser was scheduled to provide further dilution of coverage for the Sessions and Devos hearings being held at the same time.


.

bdamomma

(63,883 posts)
24. what are going to tell your children
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 11:49 AM
Jan 2017

Mr. Ryan, you treasonous SOB.

Just Horrible

Showing their true colors.

catbyte

(34,406 posts)
26. They know there's been a coup & this "democracy nonsense" is just for show.
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 11:50 AM
Jan 2017

Jesus H. Christ, we have got a LOT of work to do.

bhusar

(131 posts)
30. Just tweeted this to him....
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 11:55 AM
Jan 2017

....with the words "what is the waste of your fucking time? You're the waste of our fucking time".

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
33. In his defense: There is no GOP leadership anymore. There is only Trump and his cabal.
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 11:59 AM
Jan 2017

Whatever plan Ryan and McConnell may hatch, taxes, budget, Obamacare, it doesn't matter. In the end it's the narcisstic whims of Trump and the nihilistic fanaticism of Bannon who decide what happens.

That's why anything related to "GOP leadership" is a fucking waste of time.

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)
50. We are living in "interesting" times...
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:36 PM
Jan 2017

The idea of impeaching Trump, then Pence is suddenly feasible to me.

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
116. I don't think pence would be impeached...for ignorance
Sat Feb 4, 2017, 07:36 PM
Feb 2017

I guess it may depend on what he knew and when he knew it. We would have to impeach 4 to get to one who may be a human being...DT, Pence, Paul AnnRand, and Turtleman. Unfortunately, that would be our new XOM Sec of State. At least he has a history of some decency in his past. DT is clearly the most dangerous because he is crazy, Bannon....

Baconator

(1,459 posts)
47. He's relatively young...
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:34 PM
Jan 2017

In 8 years (maybe 4), he could be seen as the voice of sanity after a disaster of an administration.

sdfernando

(4,935 posts)
54. Technically yes..but if Pence is not impeached at the same time as cheeto hombre...
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:51 PM
Jan 2017

then Pence can name a new VP...and that person would be next in line, not lying Ryan.

BeyondGeography

(39,375 posts)
34. True...he could have been screwing people out of health care, retirement savings
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:00 PM
Jan 2017

or any number of other noble endeavors.

Baitball Blogger

(46,740 posts)
38. What? These people are getting a dose of their own chaos and they realize they can't get anything
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:20 PM
Jan 2017

done? Who knew?

Wounded Bear

(58,670 posts)
41. Paul, you haven't done shit for 6 years...
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:22 PM
Jan 2017
do you have to do that is more important than informing the people?

calimary

(81,323 posts)
52. THIS
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:48 PM
Jan 2017

I'd challenge him on his religion. TO HIS FACE.

If you're such a devoted Catholic, dude, have you EVER EVEN CONSIDERED the Gospel of Matthew as part of your "governing" "principles"?

Matthew 25:45 - it's the "least of these" bit.

The Sheep and the Goats
…44And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ 45Then the King will answer, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’ 46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”…


http://biblehub.com/matthew/25-45.htm

I'd shove this in his face if I had half a chance. You're NO Catholic, dude. Your policies AND your damnable, detestable, deplorable political party are specifically designed to screw "the least of these." So quit trying to wrap yourself around the Cross and play holy and faithful. You are an apostate.

a·pos·tate
əˈpäˌstāt,əˈpästət/
noun
1.
a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle.
synonyms: dissenter, defector, deserter, traitor, backslider, turncoat; More
antonyms: follower
adjective
adjective: apostate
1.
abandoning a religious or political belief or principle.

Rabrrrrrr

(58,349 posts)
55. The only place he manages to join in with Catholic social teaching
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:53 PM
Jan 2017

is his anti-abortion stance (and I bet that, if abortion were illegal in the U.S., he'd still help his daughter travel to another country to get one if she got in the position where she needed one).

Otherwise, as you point out, he's a total failure as a Catholic.

His idol is power, and he worships at the altar of capitalism. But then, he's an Ayn Rand fan, and one cannot be a Christian and a Randian at the same time. They are diametrically opposed. (and not because Rand was an atheist; because her philosophy is exactly opposite of Jesus').

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
56. Hey Paul, life is too short to work at a job you hate
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 12:53 PM
Jan 2017

why don't you just resign!!! You will never have to deal with the people you see as peasants ever again!!!

herding cats

(19,565 posts)
59. It's hard work having to spew BS defending their modern Caligula actions.
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 01:00 PM
Jan 2017

He'd much rather be off defunding Medicare or pillaging SS, but no, he's stuck having to pander to Trump.

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
61. thunk
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 01:05 PM
Jan 2017

anyone need a floating hot mic around Trump oops

and I've had Right wing nuts slam the Women March on Washington for using that word. OOPS!! Naturally I try to refrain from it in political discussions. I do use it casually to vent. Better out than in as Shrek says

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
77. He wants and he is going to get your Medicare and Social Security
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 02:23 PM
Jan 2017

but if rump keeps up his pace it wont matter, we will all be dead anyways.

 

starshine00

(531 posts)
80. clear as a bell through headphones
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 02:32 PM
Jan 2017

Last edited Tue Jan 31, 2017, 11:31 PM - Edit history (1)

this kid was a spoiled brat from day one.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
81. well
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 02:32 PM
Jan 2017

he was voted in by people who feel the same and could care less about leadership, diversity and equality. Now those voters not only have this POS but president bannon and his boy-potus puppet.

 

LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
84. Such **language**. when will the FEC get to the fines?
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 03:29 PM
Jan 2017

If Janet Jackson's boob was a national travesty, it's time to dish it...

xocet

(3,871 posts)
88. The post is incorrect....
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 04:28 PM
Jan 2017
No, Paul Ryan Was Not Caught by a Hot Mic Saying ‘Waste of My F*cking Time’
by Justin Baragona | 11:22 am, January 31st, 2017



At the end of the GOP leaders weekly briefing on Capitol Hill, which was carried live by CNN this morning, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) walked away after answering a handful of questions from reporters.

Prior to CNN going back to studio, someone could be heard clearly saying “waste of my f*cking time” on the air.

Shortly after this aired, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s Deputy Chief of Staff Drew Hammill accused Ryan himself of uttering the phrase.

...

Hammill eventually deleted the tweet, stating Ryan’s chief communications advisor told him it wasn’t Ryan. The Pelosi staffer also apologized.

...

http://www.mediaite.com/online/no-paul-ryan-was-not-caught-by-a-hot-mic-saying-waste-of-my-fcking-time/

xocet

(3,871 posts)
95. Did you happen to read the excerpt? The staffer that made the claim apologized and deleted the...
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 06:30 PM
Jan 2017

claim.

That would seem to be a solid reason to believe the article's content.

Do you have any reason to offer why it should not be believed?

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
97. I think it sounded exactly like him. And the apology was likely forced (unwisely)
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 06:34 PM
Jan 2017

Because shit like this looks like partisan bickering which they do not need right now. I'd love to see a voice analysis or at least an explaination of which GOPer said it - because one obviously did.

TrollBuster9090

(5,954 posts)
91. What is? Democracy? Or being forced to confirm GRANDPA to the A.G. before you can sign any more
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 04:51 PM
Jan 2017

foreign surveillance warrants?





red dog 1

(27,820 posts)
100. It could have been House Speaker Eddie Munster who said it, or it could have been someone else..
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 08:30 PM
Jan 2017

In any case, it was one of the GOP House leaders who said it, and that's great to hear, imo.

According to Raw Story:
"As Ryan, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), and other GOP leaders walked past the podium to exit the briefing room, someone could be heard griping about the press conference."

'Waste of my fucking time,'the person uttered under his breath.'"
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/waste-of-my-fcking-time-hot-mic-at-gop-press-conference-catches-griping-as-paul-ryan-walks-away/

BigRig

(74 posts)
101. Well, he could mean one of two things...
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 08:50 PM
Jan 2017

The press is a waste of his fucking time, or...and hopefully....Trumps stupid agenda is a waste of his fucking time.
I'm almost convinced that it may be the latter...Just because anyone with the slightest amount of brains knows Trump is going to fuck up everything.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
109. Your job description is right in the job title, dipshit. Suck it up and speak.
Wed Feb 1, 2017, 06:39 AM
Feb 2017

You insincere ersatz sad eyed bircher extremist. You look like a cross between dracula and a hillbilly extra from Deliverance.

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