Paul Ryan: More House Republicans Would Have Impeached Trump If They Had ‘Guts’

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Paul Ryan: More House Republicans Would Have Impeached Trump If They Had ‘Guts’

Paul Bois 2 Jun 2022

Former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan claimed that more House Republicans would have impeached former President Donald Trump following the January 6 Capitol riot if they had the “guts” to do so.

Paul Ryan made his pronouncement while campaigning for Rep. Tom Rice (R-SC), one of the 10 House Republicans that voted to impeach Trump following the riot.

“There were a lot of people who wanted to vote like Tom but who just didn’t have the guts to do it,” Ryan said. “There are a lot of people who say they’re going to vote their conscious, they’re going to vote for the Constitution, they’re going to vote for their convictions but when it gets hard to do that they don’t do it.”

“Tom Rice is a man of conviction,” Ryan added. “Tom Rice is the kind of person you want in Congress.”

Ryan scolded Republicans for joining the former president in his quest for “vengeance” on those who crossed him..

“This is just such a crystal clear case where you have a hard working, effective, senior member of Congress who deserves reelection vs. people who are just trying to be celebrities who may be trying to help Trump with his vengeance,” Ryan said. ”

“That’s not who voters want. Voters want people focused on their solutions not on Trump’s vengeance, and that to me is a really clear cut case here,” he added.

Former President Trump has endorsed South Carolina state Rep. Russell Fry in the primary against Rice. “Congressman Tom Rice of South Carolina, the coward who abandoned his constituents by caving to Nancy Pelosi and the Radical Left, and who actually voted against me on Impeachment Hoax #2, must be thrown out of office ASAP,” Trump said in a statement.

As noted by Business Insider, Ryan’s comments follow his appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box wherein he said that Republicans are aiming to become celebrities with their own podcasts.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/06/02/paul-ryan-more-house-republicans-would-have-impeached-trump-if-they-had-guts/

[Kamaji]

GFY Ryan.

[Hoodat]

'Guts' is something that Paul Ryan knows nothing of.  Besides, it a demonstration of cowardice to impeach someone no longer in office for a crime he did not commit.

[sneakypete]

I'm guessing that Tom Rice is either a Dim in alleged Republican clothing,like Ryan,or that he is running to skim some cash and doesn't really want to get elected.

[GtHawk]

Who kicked over Ryan's rock, I thought he was hiding behind his fence at home, you know like the fence he was against at the border.

[Wingnut]

He would be a good fit for the harpies on the View.

[AARguy]

o what? The House impeached Trump. Makes no difference if a few more voted for it. He was impeached. The key is that he was acquiited in the trial in the Senate.

[DB]

Says the establishment fool who was a total failure as speaker.

[sneakypete]

He would be a good fit for the harpies on the View.

@Wingnut

At the rate he is going,that may well be his new career.