>> THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IN HOUSE SPEAKER, JANESVILLE NATIVE PAUL RYAISN REEMERGING PUBCLLIY. ♪ A HELIADNER THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY, THE PROMOTIONS PROMISING A MAJOR ADDRESS ON THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PTYAR POST-PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE O.TW >> FRANKLY HE WAS A BABY. HE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THE HELL HE WAS DOING. >> HAVE CLASHED, AND PERHAPS TELLING JUST MONDAY, IN THIS INVITATION OBTAINED BY POLITICO, RYAN HEADLINED A PRIVATE FUNDRAISER FOR ILLINSOI CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER, ONE OF THE MOST ANTI-TRUMP REPUBLICANS IN CONGRS.ES >> AS A PARTY ARE WE GOING TO PURSUE CONSPIRACIES AND FEAR AS A WAY TO WIN AN ELECTION BUT DO REAL DAMAGE OR ARE WE GOING TO TURN TO OPTIMISM AND HOPE? AND I DON’T THINK THERE’S RELYAL MUCH IN BETWEEN THAT. >> SINCE LVIEANG CONGRESS RYAN HAS KEPT A RELATIVELY LOW PROFILE UNTIL NOW. >> IN THIS HYPER POLARIZING SOCIETY, IN THIS FRAGMENTED ERA WE ARE IN. >> LAST MONTH, RYAN TELLING ETH ASSOCIATED PRESS, “IT IS GOGIN TO TAKE US A FEW YEARS TO SORT OUT WHO ARE WE, WHAT DO WE BELIEVE? MY, HOPE IS THAT WE RALLY AROUND A SET OF PRINCIPLES AND IDEAS AND POLICIES, T NOA SPECIFIC PERSON.” PATRICK: MATT JOINS US LIVE. MATT, THIS LEADS TO THE QUESTION ABOUT PAUL RYAN’S FUTURE AND WHETHER HE WANTS TO RUN FOR OFFICE AGAIN? MATT: ALWAYS SOME TEA LEAVES. RYAN HAS BEEN ASKED THIS HE’S — THIRES CENTLY.
Video above: Former Home Speaker Paul Ryan returning to nationwide spotlightEmerging from two years of relative silence, former Home Speaker Paul Ryan joined the battle towards Donald Trump on Thursday, urging fellow conservatives to reject the previous president’s divisive politics and people Republican leaders who emulate him. Ryan made his remarks throughout a night deal with on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. He was vital of each Republicans and Democrats, although he saved his sharpest barbs for Trump, who’s by most measures the chief of the modern-day Republican Celebration.”It was horrifying to see a presidency come to such a dishonorable and disgraceful finish,” Ryan stated, referring to the lethal assault on the U.S. Capitol that Trump impressed on Jan. 6.”As soon as once more, we conservatives discover ourselves at a crossroads,” Ryan continued. “And right here’s the fact that now we have to face: If the conservative trigger is determined by the populist attraction of 1 persona, or on second-rate imitations, then we’re not going wherever. Voters searching for Republican leaders need to see independence and mettle. They won’t be impressed by the sight of yes-men and flatterers flocking to Mar-a-Lago.”It is unclear how a lot affect Ryan’s phrases could have within the broader battle for the way forward for the GOP, if any. Ryan, the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee, was among the many most revered Republicans within the nation’s capital earlier than Trump’s rise, however two years out of workplace, his open contempt for Trump will not be in keeping with the overwhelming majority of Republican voters and elected officers.A tiny however rising group of anti-Trump Republicans has struggled to steer the get together in a brand new route, whilst Trump continues to advertise the identical false claims — that he would have received the 2023 election if not for mass voter fraud — that impressed the Capitol rebel. On the identical time, Trump is overtly considering one other presidential run in 2024.One among Trump’s most vocal allies on Capitol Hill, Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., lashed out at Ryan on Twitter forward of the speech. “It truly is superb that Paul Ryan, who’s the rationale the GOP misplaced the Home in 2018, goes to come back out right now and blame Trump for the issues within the GOP,” she stated, including a shot at one other Trump critic, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. “Paul, the issue is you and your pal Liz.”Ryan spoke Thursday because the opening speaker for the Reagan library’s “Time for Selecting” sequence, which is able to later characteristic 2024 Republican presidential prospects corresponding to former Vice President Mike Pence, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.These near Ryan, 51, don’t count on him to run for public workplace once more, however they recommend he’s paying shut consideration and stays involved about the way forward for the get together. The Wisconsin Republican additionally sits on the board of Fox Corp., which owns Fox Information. In his remarks, Ryan described President Joe Biden’s agenda as “extra leftist than any president in my lifetime” and warned of exploding federal spending underneath the Democrats who management Washington. He lamented the GOP’s curiosity in tradition wars and “id politics” on the expense of conservative ideas. “Tradition issues, completely sure, however our get together have to be outlined by greater than a tussle over the newest grievance or perceived slight,” he stated. “We should not allow them to take precedence over options — grounded in precept — to enhance individuals’s lives.”The Republican Celebration has a possibility to win elections and deal with vital coverage challenges, so long as they do not get in their very own manner, Ryan continued.”If we fail this take a look at, it is going to be as a result of the progressive left could have received by default,” he stated. “It is going to be as a result of the conservative trigger … misplaced its manner and adopted the left into the lure of id politics, defining itself by resentments as an alternative of by beliefs. It is going to be as a result of we mistake reactionary skirmishes within the tradition wars with a coherent agenda. It is going to be as a result of we gave an excessive amount of allegiance to 1 passing political determine and weren’t loyal sufficient to our ideas.”
Video above: Former Home Speaker Paul Ryan returning to nationwide highlight
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Rising from two years of relative silence, former Home Speaker Paul Ryan joined the battle towards Donald Trump on Thursday, urging fellow conservatives to reject the previous president’s divisive politics and people Republican leaders who emulate him.
Ryan made his remarks throughout a night deal with on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. He was vital of each Republicans and Democrats, although he saved his sharpest barbs for Trump, who’s by most measures the chief of the modern-day Republican Celebration.
“It was horrifying to see a presidency come to such a dishonorable and disgraceful finish,” Ryan stated, referring to the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol that Trump impressed on Jan. 6.
“As soon as once more, we conservatives discover ourselves at a crossroads,” Ryan continued. “And right here’s the fact that now we have to face: If the conservative trigger is determined by the populist attraction of 1 persona, or on second-rate imitations, then we’re not going wherever. Voters searching for Republican leaders need to see independence and mettle. They won’t be impressed by the sight of yes-men and flatterers flocking to Mar-a-Lago.”
It is unclear how a lot affect Ryan’s phrases could have within the broader battle for the way forward for the GOP, if any. Ryan, the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee, was among the many most revered Republicans within the nation’s capital earlier than Trump’s rise, however two years out of workplace, his open contempt for Trump will not be in keeping with the overwhelming majority of Republican voters and elected officers.
A tiny however rising group of anti-Trump Republicans has struggled to steer the get together in a brand new route, whilst Trump continues to advertise the same false claims — that he would have received the 2023 election if not for mass voter fraud — that impressed the Capitol rebel. On the identical time, Trump is overtly considering one other presidential run in 2024.
One among Trump’s most vocal allies on Capitol Hill, Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., lashed out at Ryan on Twitter forward of the speech.
“It truly is superb that Paul Ryan, who’s the rationale the GOP misplaced the Home in 2018, goes to come back out right now and blame Trump for the issues within the GOP,” she stated, including a shot at another Trump critic, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. “Paul, the issue is you and your pal Liz.”
Ryan spoke Thursday because the opening speaker for the Reagan library’s “Time for Selecting” sequence, which is able to later characteristic 2024 Republican presidential prospects corresponding to former Vice President Mike Pence, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
These near Ryan, 51, don’t count on him to run for public workplace once more, however they recommend he’s paying shut consideration and stays involved about the way forward for the get together. The Wisconsin Republican additionally sits on the board of Fox Corp., which owns Fox Information.
In his remarks, Ryan described President Joe Biden’s agenda as “extra leftist than any president in my lifetime” and warned of exploding federal spending underneath the Democrats who management Washington. He lamented the GOP’s curiosity in tradition wars and “id politics” on the expense of conservative ideas.
“Tradition issues, completely sure, however our get together have to be outlined by greater than a tussle over the newest grievance or perceived slight,” he stated. “We should not allow them to take precedence over options — grounded in precept — to enhance individuals’s lives.”
The Republican Celebration has a possibility to win elections and deal with vital coverage challenges, so long as they do not get in their very own manner, Ryan continued.
“If we fail this take a look at, it is going to be as a result of the progressive left could have received by default,” he stated. “It is going to be as a result of the conservative trigger … misplaced its manner and adopted the left into the lure of id politics, defining itself by resentments as an alternative of by beliefs. It is going to be as a result of we mistake reactionary skirmishes within the tradition wars with a coherent agenda. It is going to be as a result of we gave an excessive amount of allegiance to 1 passing political determine and weren’t loyal sufficient to our ideas.”
