Paul Ryan: “Identity politics has gotten out of control”
No sir.
You are off by 180 degrees.
The notion of "identity politics" has -always- been a factor amongst minorities in this country, as it is in ALL countries of The West.
What has changed in the past five years or so, and is continuing to change, is that finally Euro-Americans (well, ok, whites) are beginning to understand the as much, and as a result, are increasingly cohering into an "identity" of their own.
This was a major factor in Donald Trump's victory last November, although many to the right of the centerline still refuse to open their eyes when the subject is raised, preferring to attempt to shout the notion down -- as if they were a part of the left themselves.
Such "identity" is the way by which Euro-Americans can reassert their right to dominance in America in the next few decades to come, and perhaps longer.
Call it a "restoration", if you wish -- back to the normalcy that was taken for granted as recently as the early 1950's.
I welcome it.