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RandySF

(58,856 posts) Thu Mar 28, 2024, 05:56 AM Mar 28

Paul Ryan Has A Stark Prediction For Down-Ballot Republicans On Donald Trump [View all]

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has warned of the negative effect that presumptive GOP 2024 nominee Donald Trump will have on down-ballot Republican candidates.

“I think we’re going to lose more seats than we otherwise would with Trump because there are just too many suburban swing voters that just don’t like him, that therefore vote against Republicans,” Ryan said in an interview with Southern Methodist University’s student-run Daily Campus on Tuesday.

Former GOP hopeful Nikki Haley, who dropped out of the Republican primary race after Super Tuesday, would have been a more unifying presidential candidate, he suggested.

Ryan said he didn’t subscribe to the nationalist populism of Trump, which is where “the bulk” of Republicans are right now, and also called the current GOP a cult of personality tied to Trump rather than based on a set of principles.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/paul-ryan-has-a-stark-prediction-for-down-ballot-republicans-on-donald-trump/ar-BB1kGbud

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Paul Ryan Has A Stark Prediction For Down-Ballot Republicans On Donald Trump [View all] RandySF Mar 28 OP

Duh. mwb970 Mar 28 #1

Paul Ryan reduced to SMU student newspaper? bucolic_frolic Mar 28 #2

Not far enough to choose Democracy. Bluethroughu Mar 28 #5

Principles? We want a leader that knows how to run a great country. 3Hotdogs Mar 28 #3

Trump is Paul Ryan with the nerve to be in your face with the principals Ryan stands for. Bluethroughu Mar 28 #4

Yes, let's put lipstick on the putrid zombie corpse we call the Republican Party. n/t barbaraann Mar 28 #6

It would be even worse... kentuck Mar 28 #7

Yeah, yeah, yeah... 2naSalit Mar 28 #8

Hey, Eddie Munster.... rubbersole Mar 28 #9

I hope so IronLionZion Mar 28 #10

The odious Paul Ryan, grasping for relevance. Go back to your crypt. NBachers Mar 28 #11

Pictured: Joe Biden not taking any of this kid's malarkey. Aristus Mar 28 #16

Your comment made me burst out laughing. NBachers Mar 28 #18

Glad you enjoyed it. Congratulations on 17,000 posts! Aristus Mar 28 #21

Thanks! I haven't even noticed! It took me 10 1/2 years to get this far. NBachers Mar 28 #22

When Ryan goes into that voting booth, he will still vote for what he calls "a cult of personality". Midnight Writer Mar 28 #12

I sure wouldn't wanna be down-ballot from tRump Blue Owl Mar 28 #13

You mean those who have been truckling to Loser J Stench are going to get burned? Wild blueberry Mar 28 #14

LOL. How ironic that Paul Ryan is commenting about PRESIDENT Biden and Heir Orange when in 4lbs Mar 28 #15

based on a set of principles. paul made a funny dembotoz Mar 28 #17

Shhh! Let them figure it out Wednesday, November 6, 2024* Kid Berwyn Mar 28 #19

He needs to campaign to make it happen. Especially in his old district. LiberalFighter Mar 28 #20

That Trumpstink gets on everything Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 28 #23