Paul Ryan Says He Will Retire Once He Has Wrecked Country
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)Starting 2018 with a political bombshell, House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Tuesday that he will retire once he is satisfied that he has completely wrecked the country.
I came to Washington with the goal of destroying life in the United States as we know it, Ryan said in an emotional press conference. Once I look around me and see nothing but smoldering ruins, Ill call it a day.
Asked by a reporter whether, by passing the Republican tax bill, he had not in fact already wrecked the country, the House Speaker responded, That was an important step in the right direction, but, make no mistake, there is much havoc left to wreak.
Theres a lot of talk about the millions of people who will lose their health care, but no one one talks about the tens of millions who still have it, he said. That just shows how much work I still have to do.
Speaking solemnly about the challenging path of destruction that lies ahead of him, Ryan said, I have many lives to wreck before I sleep.
https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/paul-ryan-says-he-will-retire-once-he-has-wrecked-country
Gothmog
(145,321 posts)2naSalit
(86,647 posts)this satire is usually the truth anymore.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)not funny, but the way he said it is because that is EXACTLY what he has admitted he wants to do.
This is a guy who was in line at a grocery store watching a poor person use food stamps and in line at a clinic behind people with Medicaid as he was on it also and he VOWED to make sure NOBODY got it AFTER he used it.
Borowitz is funny as hell and yet this is actually entirely accurate and factual.
diva77
(7,643 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,035 posts)Yes I know this is satire but good satire is always close to the truth.