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turbinetree

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Mon Oct 22, 2018, 05:07 PM Oct 2018

Trump gets ready to blame lame duck Paul Ryan for losing the House

By Eric Boehlert - October 22, 2018

The White House is happy to have a fall guy.

Trump is already mapping out how he’s going to blame D.C. Republicans if they lose the House in two weeks.

Trump plans on blaming Congressional Republicans, and specifically Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, if things go sideways for the GOP on Election Day. This would mark a departure from the precedent set by at least the last two presidents, who shouldered the blame for midterm losses.

“According to two people familiar with the conversations, Trump is distancing himself from a potential Republican thumping on Election Day,” Politico reports.

“Look for the White House to say something like, ‘Paul Ryan chose to be a lame duck speaker instead of leaving, which cost Congress the chance to do several things before November,'” one GOP aide told Politico.

Ryan seems to have the most on the line, as Republicans in the House are likely to suffer a far bigger thrashing on Election Day than Republicans in the Senate.

https://shareblue.com/trump-lame-duck-paul-ryan-midterms-house/

Were coming republicans...................you can blame each other till the cows come home, but the voters know.................you fuckers keep forgetting what happened on January 21, 2107.....................let me fucking remind you................





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Trump gets ready to blame lame duck Paul Ryan for losing the House (Original Post) turbinetree Oct 2018 OP
Cool, a time traveler. So what does happen in 2107? Demit Oct 2018 #1
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