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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Wed Aug 10, 2016, 11:16 PM Aug 2016

Paul Ryan Brushes Off Trump’s Second Amendment Remarks As A ‘Joke Gone Bad’

http://winningdemocrats.com/paul-ryan-brushes-off-trumps-second-amendment-remarks-as-a-joke-gone-bad/

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) was reluctant to endorse Donald Trump, even after he became the Republican Party’s nominee. But eventually, he did endorse him. Since then he has somehow excused every atrocious thing that Trump has said or done.

True to form, Ryan brushed off Trump’s latest foot-in-mouth episode as well. According to the Speaker, Trump’s suggestion that “Second Amendment people” are the only ones who can stop Hillary Clinton was just a “joke gone bad.”
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Speaking at a press conference after he had won his Republican primary, Ryan acted as if it was no big deal that his party’s presidential nominee had just hinted at the assassination of the former Secretary of State.

I’ve been a little busy today. I heard about this Second Amendment quote. It sounds like just a joke gone bad. I hope he clears it up very quickly. You should never joke about something like that. I didn’t actually hear the comments, I only heard about those comments,” Ryan said.


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Paul Ryan Brushes Off Trump’s Second Amendment Remarks As A ‘Joke Gone Bad’ (Original Post) KamaAina Aug 2016 OP
Thanks, Paul. tRump IS a joke gone bad. IllinoisBirdWatcher Aug 2016 #1
Definition of a wimp: Paul Ryan MichiganVote Aug 2016 #2
Has he said anything today after having an ample chance to consider the comments The Con Made? 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #3
Maybe you should hear the words, not just about them, before expressing an opinion. uppityperson Aug 2016 #4
If someone had said the same thing about Ryan SwankyXomb Aug 2016 #5
keep whistling past the graveyard, paul spanone Aug 2016 #6
Many a truth is said in jest bhikkhu Aug 2016 #7

SwankyXomb

(2,030 posts)
5. If someone had said the same thing about Ryan
Thu Aug 11, 2016, 12:07 AM
Aug 2016

he'd be screaming for their immediate removal to Gitmo for an extended torture session.

bhikkhu

(10,718 posts)
7. Many a truth is said in jest
Thu Aug 11, 2016, 01:02 AM
Aug 2016

and Trumps jests reveal a trivial and disturbed mind, which should be kept far from any position of responsibility for others.

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