Trump tells confidants Ryan is to blame for Republican election setbacks

[mystery-ak]

7:30 p.m.

By Eli Stokols
Trump tells confidants Ryan is to blame for Republican election setbacks



Hours before polls closed on Tuesday, President Trump already was blaming retiring Speaker Paul D. Ryan for not doing enough to support his agenda and keep the House in Republican hands.

That bit of blame-gamesmanship is according to a Trump supporter who was on a call that the president had with surrogates as voters cast final ballots, but who asked to remain anonymous while talking about the private conversation. Trump’s criticism of Ryan, with whom he's never had a close relationship, was in keeping with the president’s comments to associates throughout the week leading up to election day.

In those earlier private exchanges, the supporter said, Trump sought reassurance that a political setback for Republicans — in particular the widely projected loss of their House majority — couldn’t be laid at his feet.

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[skeeter]

Golly reporting sure is easy these days.

Just decide what you want to report, quote it in a 'private conversation' & ascribe it to 'sources who wish to remain anonymous', and presto.

I wonder if the byline is real. Eli Stokels sounds like a character in a Sidney Sheldon novel.

[Frank Cannon]

Can't argue with this. Even Ryan knew he was a loser and a failure. That is why he resigned.

[dfwgator]

Can't argue with this. Even Ryan knew he was a loser and a failure. That is why he resigned.

Thank God and Greyhound that Ryan is gone.

[Fishrrman]

"Trump tells confidants Ryan is to blame for Republican election setbacks..."

This is supposed to be scandalous?
Sounds about right to me.

[libertybele]

Ok ... so the truth comes out.  And the downside is?

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

While I believe that pretty much any of the failings of our government over the last two years are owned by ryan/turtle, as the man said...

The buck stops there.

[dfwgator]

While I believe that pretty much any of the failings of our government over the last two years are owned by ryan/turtle, as the man said...

The buck stops there.

The good news is that now Trump is down to one enemy instead of two.

[truth_seeker]

I believe Ryan will be well paid in the future, for throttling back Trump's agenda.

[Bigun]

Can't argue with this. Even Ryan knew he was a loser and a failure. That is why he resigned.

@Frank Cannon

Trump is right but the total truth is that Ryan just wanted to move over to K Street with his Tax attorney wife.