PLEASE PLEASE ask Paul if there is literally anything he could possibly consider not supporting an R which isn’t “person X can’t win/hurts the party”? Is there anything more important to him than his tribalism? Does he agree with Tucker Carlson’s anti-Semitic, racist, homophobic, pro-Russia, Big-Lie program? AND IF HE DOESNT, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK HAS HE DONE TO PUSH BACK AGAINST IT?!
2. 'Would you have voted to impeach President Trump'
3. 'Will you support Trump as nominee'
4. 'Will you support any election denier as nominee?'
5. 'Will you support someone who gave support to election deniers this last election cycle? People like Youngkin (support of Kari Lake) or DeSantis (support of Mastriano). People who are cagey about whether Joe Biden won?'
6. Will you resign from Fox Board for Tucker Carlson's comments on replacement theory
7. What's the craziest thing Trump ever said to you?
I hope that you honestly put his feet to the fire. He is very responsible for the dire mess that represents the U.S right now. If you are going to just be polite and everyone smiles, count me out.
These people need to be held accountable and my worry is that, like all the Trumpites appearing on real Time with Bill Maher, you will just be facilitating their rehabilitation.
I don't have any questions for Paul Ryan. He won't give any honest answers. He was and continues to be one of the biggest cowards in this whole disaster, the guy Upton Sinclair warned about when he spoke of trying to get people to see the truth when their paycheck depends on not seeing it. Paul Ryan knows who Trump is, knows he's torched the GOP, and Ryan sits on the board at Fox throwing gasoline instead of water on the fire, and blaming Democrats. He knows it all, but speaks lies and acts shamefully. You're welcome to waste your time sitting down with Paul Ryan, though.
Good luck! It seems to me this conversation could be a watershed, or could be an awful lot of treading lightly around sensitive topics. Along with so many other folks here...
1. How can he, in good conscience, serve on the Fox board when so much of what Fox does is blatant disinformation, deflection, and divisiveness? What has he done to help steer Fox away from all that?
2. Is unelectability the only reason for not supporting people who wear the (R), but do not seem to share any of the values or even the policy goals (R) used to stand for? I.e., does character count?
For Paul Ryan: how can he justify sitting on the Fox News board knowing all too well their role in giving DJT such a huge platform (to say nothing of the nauseating fawning by their infotainment stars).
Ask him what he thinks of the lack of seriousness and smartness in the Republic Party--Gosar, MTG, Parry, Santos--and how does it get saved if people like him leave or don't speak up. Also, ask him about Jan. 6th committee and what he thinks of Loz and Adam getting booted for it. Also ask him if Kevin McCarthy is really a leader or a power hungry opportunist??
He said "He's not going to be the nominee, I don't think...Trump's unelectability will be palpable by then."
Can you ask him if that is all he cares about? Does he believe that there need not be any moral objection to have Trump as the nominee regardless of electability? Would he be okay with Trump as the nominee if polls showed that he was electable?
Q: Now that you are tepidly sticking your head out of your bunker after hiding from the real work of standing up to Trump since leaving Congress and collecting checks from a company that fed the insurrectionists, will you do anything of value to keep Trump or a Trumpist fill in from becoming the nominee?And if/when that fails, will you show any backbone and openly support a D nominee (if he/she is reasonably centrist)? If not, will you crawl back to your Fox News board seat and silently collect money or will you pretend that Trump is not an existential threat to our country and/or embarrassingly make a “lesser of two evils” argument?
I want to know what Paul Ryan actually thinks about deficits. Does he care that his single biggest legislative achievement as speaker was a tax cut that ballooned the deficit even before the pandemic, or is he okay with my grandchildren paying for his tax cuts?
Also, is he still obsessed with Ayn Rand or have his tastes in literature/philosophy matured now that he's (checks Wikipedia) 52 years old.
On Pompeo -- the use of "Judeo-Christian" is a tell. It is a way for evangelicals to sound like they are being inclusive or pluralistic. In fact, it is less about including Jews as it is about excluding Muslims.
Paul Ryan - Charlie, I trust that you will be tactful and respectful, but asking all the tough questions. Please do not let him off the hook for his acquiesce/oh well attitude to MAGA. For god’s sakes, the last thing I want to hear is, “it’s not my problem, they aren’t that bad, this is what the people want, Dems are far worse, Trump is an existential threat to democracy but I’d vote for him over any democrat” etc etc, while I throw my hands in the air and say WTF am I spending three seconds listening to this garbage. If the Bulwark doesn’t hold Ryan’s feet to the fire, then who will?
Does Ryan still favor privatizing SS, putting the investment risk on the backs of the beneficiaries, as he touted when he was in Congress? (I was his constituent at the time and remember well his “plan” for this.). His minions pushed it by explaining he didn’t favor it for those currently in benefit.
PLEASE PLEASE ask Paul if there is literally anything he could possibly consider not supporting an R which isn’t “person X can’t win/hurts the party”? Is there anything more important to him than his tribalism? Does he agree with Tucker Carlson’s anti-Semitic, racist, homophobic, pro-Russia, Big-Lie program? AND IF HE DOESNT, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK HAS HE DONE TO PUSH BACK AGAINST IT?!
I had trouble reading past 'Paul Ryan'.
Questions to Paul
1. 'Did Joe Biden win the election'
2. 'Would you have voted to impeach President Trump'
3. 'Will you support Trump as nominee'
4. 'Will you support any election denier as nominee?'
5. 'Will you support someone who gave support to election deniers this last election cycle? People like Youngkin (support of Kari Lake) or DeSantis (support of Mastriano). People who are cagey about whether Joe Biden won?'
6. Will you resign from Fox Board for Tucker Carlson's comments on replacement theory
7. What's the craziest thing Trump ever said to you?
Charlie, are you going to record this for Bulwark members? Would appreciate it if you do.
I suggest asking Paul Ryan 2 questions.
The first is how can the GOP continue to pretend that Donald Trump was not the worst president in anyone’s memory.
The second would be to ask if he continues to pretend that the way to prosperity is to cut taxes on the well to do.
Why was he quiet during Trump years, and why is he on the TrumpTV (Fox “News”) board?
I hope that you honestly put his feet to the fire. He is very responsible for the dire mess that represents the U.S right now. If you are going to just be polite and everyone smiles, count me out.
These people need to be held accountable and my worry is that, like all the Trumpites appearing on real Time with Bill Maher, you will just be facilitating their rehabilitation.
I don't have any questions for Paul Ryan. He won't give any honest answers. He was and continues to be one of the biggest cowards in this whole disaster, the guy Upton Sinclair warned about when he spoke of trying to get people to see the truth when their paycheck depends on not seeing it. Paul Ryan knows who Trump is, knows he's torched the GOP, and Ryan sits on the board at Fox throwing gasoline instead of water on the fire, and blaming Democrats. He knows it all, but speaks lies and acts shamefully. You're welcome to waste your time sitting down with Paul Ryan, though.
Good luck! It seems to me this conversation could be a watershed, or could be an awful lot of treading lightly around sensitive topics. Along with so many other folks here...
1. How can he, in good conscience, serve on the Fox board when so much of what Fox does is blatant disinformation, deflection, and divisiveness? What has he done to help steer Fox away from all that?
2. Is unelectability the only reason for not supporting people who wear the (R), but do not seem to share any of the values or even the policy goals (R) used to stand for? I.e., does character count?
For Paul Ryan: how can he justify sitting on the Fox News board knowing all too well their role in giving DJT such a huge platform (to say nothing of the nauseating fawning by their infotainment stars).
Ask him what he thinks of the lack of seriousness and smartness in the Republic Party--Gosar, MTG, Parry, Santos--and how does it get saved if people like him leave or don't speak up. Also, ask him about Jan. 6th committee and what he thinks of Loz and Adam getting booted for it. Also ask him if Kevin McCarthy is really a leader or a power hungry opportunist??
He said "He's not going to be the nominee, I don't think...Trump's unelectability will be palpable by then."
Can you ask him if that is all he cares about? Does he believe that there need not be any moral objection to have Trump as the nominee regardless of electability? Would he be okay with Trump as the nominee if polls showed that he was electable?
Q: Now that you are tepidly sticking your head out of your bunker after hiding from the real work of standing up to Trump since leaving Congress and collecting checks from a company that fed the insurrectionists, will you do anything of value to keep Trump or a Trumpist fill in from becoming the nominee?And if/when that fails, will you show any backbone and openly support a D nominee (if he/she is reasonably centrist)? If not, will you crawl back to your Fox News board seat and silently collect money or will you pretend that Trump is not an existential threat to our country and/or embarrassingly make a “lesser of two evils” argument?
I want to know what Paul Ryan actually thinks about deficits. Does he care that his single biggest legislative achievement as speaker was a tax cut that ballooned the deficit even before the pandemic, or is he okay with my grandchildren paying for his tax cuts?
Also, is he still obsessed with Ayn Rand or have his tastes in literature/philosophy matured now that he's (checks Wikipedia) 52 years old.
On Pompeo -- the use of "Judeo-Christian" is a tell. It is a way for evangelicals to sound like they are being inclusive or pluralistic. In fact, it is less about including Jews as it is about excluding Muslims.
Paul Ryan - Charlie, I trust that you will be tactful and respectful, but asking all the tough questions. Please do not let him off the hook for his acquiesce/oh well attitude to MAGA. For god’s sakes, the last thing I want to hear is, “it’s not my problem, they aren’t that bad, this is what the people want, Dems are far worse, Trump is an existential threat to democracy but I’d vote for him over any democrat” etc etc, while I throw my hands in the air and say WTF am I spending three seconds listening to this garbage. If the Bulwark doesn’t hold Ryan’s feet to the fire, then who will?
Does Ryan still favor privatizing SS, putting the investment risk on the backs of the beneficiaries, as he touted when he was in Congress? (I was his constituent at the time and remember well his “plan” for this.). His minions pushed it by explaining he didn’t favor it for those currently in benefit.