Ryan Says Hes Done with Town Hall Events

[applegrove]

https://politicalwire.com/2017/07/08/ryan-says-hes-done-town-hall-events/

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Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) told CBS News that he will no longer hold public town halls.

Said Ryan: “I don’t want to have a situation where we just have a screaming fest, a shouting fest, where people are being bused in from out of the district to get on TV because they’re yelling at somebody.”

Instead, Ryan said he would use “new and creative” methods of having a civil dialogue with constituents.


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[Catmusicfan]

1. aaahhh, poor little Paulie isn't loved....

[GoCubsGo]

2. What a fucking coward.

[Aviation Pro]

3. Fucking....

....coward. Go fuck yourself while doing burpees, assclown.

[11 Bravo]

22. Where you been, AP?

I've kind of taken a hiatus myself, but I missed your brand of no-bullshit posts.

[Aviation Pro]

24. Been heads down working...

...and trying not to get too worked up over this pack of fuckups.

[11 Bravo]

48. Welcome back, bro. You've been missed.

[freddyvh]

4. hmm

did the speaker of the house try this when the ACA was being passed and wing nuts went crazy?

[malaise]

5. ReTHUGs are done with

Democracy...period.

[virtualobserver]

6. He lacks the courage to stand up to Trump....

and He lacks the courage to face his constituents.

That is the ad that I run against him.

[ProudLib72]

7. But Pauly Twinkletoes

Your god had all sorts of people bused in to hear his speech in Poland and applaud. Why can't we do the same here?

[chillfactor]

8. what a coward...

a sreaming fest, a shouting fest is what ryan brought on himself and he is too much of a coward to face the music.

[BootinUp]

9. Coward.

[applegrove]

10. It is all about the anger about health care cuts not showing up on film. Groups of

Democratic candidates should start having town halls in Republican districts and filming them. Right now.

[OnDoutside]

11. 100% right.

[gratuitous]

12. That's the counter strategy

If Ryan won't face his constituents, Democrats should be out there holding town halls.

[halobeam]

29. Excellent idea! nt

[xmas74]

41. We already are.

In my district we invited Vicky Hartzler. She refused, as usual. Strange how she refuses town halls when that was one of her biggest arguments while running against Ike Skelton in 2010.

We had an empty chair. The next week Renee Hoganson held one.Hogansen is running in the Democratic primary for that seat.

[applegrove]

45. Great. May it happen everywhere.

[xmas74]

46. Check out Indivisible.

They've held empty chair town halls all over,live stream and all. When they hold weekly office protests it's brought up immediately.

[Retrograde]

13. Coward (nt)

[Shandris]

14. What a wonderful time to introduce a bill making mandatory Town Hall meetings...

...every season in the seat of their district's power. There's no need for politicians to NOT be directly accessible to the people, none whatsoever.

Think anyone would sponsor this? I mean, lets Make Politic Involvement Great Again! MPIGA!

[xmas74]

42. Senator McCaskill

Just held ten town halls in two days while Roy Blunt hid. His excuse? People are shipping in others from out of state to disrupt Republican town halls.
Blunt is a joke.

[roamer65]

15. This will make absolutely wonderful fodder for his opponent.

[Solly Mack]

16. Chickenshit

[Hekate]

17. So the Ayn Rand script isn't working on the unruly proles, is that it? Poor Paul Ryan.

So abused by democracy.

[onecent]

18. I saw that Town Hall Event......NO one asked him anything. Someone else told

the people there that there would be no remarks....and out they went.

HE IS A LYING SHIT...

[MiddleClass]

19. Isn't it amazing, people that disagree with you, are always not locals

Until you realize why you lost reelection.

98 percent of Congressmen reelected, it takes a special kind of stupid to lose an election for Congress

[Buns_of_Fire]

20. Close, but not quite there.

I STILL want to see slugs like Ryan afraid to even show their faces in their own districts, lest someone say something bad to the poor dears.

[ornotna]

21. Ha! 'Snowflake' Ryan can't handle the heat

How do you have dialogue with constituents if you don't meet with them? Let me guess, "New and creative" is code for by invitation only.

[spanone]

23. yea, fuck those constituents....it's like they expect something from me

'people being bused in'...nobody's buying that shit ryan

liars one and all

[Boomerproud]

25. Hey "Snowflake" what you pass into law affects ALL of us, not just the people in your district.

Did every $$$$ in your election fund come from your district??? Answer THAT question.

[pirateshipdude]

26. Coward. Eom

[Historic NY]

27. Screw those piss ants...........

I'm better than them.

[lordsummerisle]

28. I hate to use the term Silent Majority

but despite all this protest why does he keep getting elected over and over and over...

[TexasBushwhacker]

30. He has a challenger in 2018

https://randybryceforcongress.com

[xmas74]

43. Yankovich withdrew

But plans to stick around to help fight.

The democrats are serious about fighting Ryan this time.

[Va Lefty]

31. They can demonize the press but's it's different when you face tough questions in your district

so they must be "paid agitators". What an asshole!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

32. Weenie!

If you can't talk to your constituents then resign.

[applegrove]

33. He is doing more than not talking to them. He is claiming they are not even legitimate.

[DeminPennswoods]

34. Randy Bryce should start doing them

in Ryan's place. What better publicity for his campaign?

[xmas74]

44. Renee Hogansen is doing that in

Vicky Hartzler's district. Open to the public and simultaneously live stream allowing open questions from the audience and the internet.

[Golden Raisin]

35. The real test will be if his constituents

continue to elect him. Although with gerrymandering, Russians, cyber manipulation, etal. I think none of our election results are tamper-proof anymore.

[VOX]

36. Expect other Republican reps to follow Lyin' Ryan's lead...

They too will be playing the old "outside agitators" card.

Repugs will begin to just blow off public meetings altogether with their angry constituents. Don't need a crystal ball to see one this coming.

[Dem2]

37. He's a coward

🙄

[JDC]

38. A 1-way conference call is his idea of new and creative

F him. He is being shown for the coward and policy-less fraud that he is.

[blueinredohio]

39. When he runs for reelection he will change his tune and will be forgiven

[LeftInTX]

40. Meanwhile in Texas, we had out of district Tea Party types show up to our Democratic

state senator's town hall. They were proudly from out of district because they were wearing "No Annexation" tee shirts. Our senator's district is completely within our city limits. The Tea Partiers started raising a stink because cities in Texas like to annex. They love to come to the city and use our services, yet they don't want to pay taxes.

[kairos12]

47. Afraid women will show up in sleeveless attire. He prefers the Handmaid's red cloak.

[onecent]

49. Ryan need to get out of the politics...He IS ONLY IN IT FOR MONEY....

Just as Trump is...

[WinkyDink]

51. Yep, from that youthful "dream about eliminating Medicaid."

[WinkyDink]

50. Ah, the old "bused in" LIE.

[lpbk2713]

52. Politicos used to boast about being a "man of the people"

Obviously Ryan doesn't want anything to do with "the people" .

He only wants to hear from the PACs, the SIGs and the lobbyists.

[JHB]

53. Correction: Ryan says "Constituents? Who gives a f*** about...

...them and their stupid opinions? They'll listen to their betters and like it."

[Turbineguy]

54. I understand

these town halls turn his lovely dreams into nightmares

[Guilded Lilly]

55. Ball-less Wonder.

[Squinch]

56. The Democratic Representative who is geographically closest to him should have the

Town Halls for him in his jurisdiction. Because the people have the right to speak their reps.