Ryan: 'I Don't Think It's In Our Interest' To Shut Down Gov't For Trump's Wall

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By ESME CRIBB Published AUGUST 23, 2017 2:30 PM

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Wednesday said he doesn’t “think a government shutdown is necessary,” though President Donald Trump has suggested he would be willing to threaten a shutdown to get funding for his proposed border wall.

“I don’t think a government shutdown is necessary, and I don’t think most people want to see a government shutdown, ourselves included,” Ryan said in a press conference in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Ryan said “Congress in the House has already done its work on this issue” and passed the buck to the Senate.

“Given the time of year it is, and the rest of the appropriations we have to do, we’re going to need more time to complete our appropriations process, particularly in the Senate,” he said.

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[MFM008]

1. Ya think??

Pinhead Ryan...

[awesomerwb1]

2. "Ya think" is the best reply.

[TheDebbieDee]

3. Oh? RepubliCANTs bucking the Orange $hitgibbon!

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Paul Ryan, Paul Ryan, yes it is! You should go to the mat for anything that crazed lunatic wants

didn't he get you a lot of campaign money, and here you are, refusing to cooperate with your benefactor!

Tsk! Tsk! Get with the program, Lyin' Ryan! You bought it, you own it.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Just a brillant response

Mr. Speaker. Was that printed on your toilet paper roll this morning? Forgot,he might have one of those
Ovaltine secret decoder rings.

[Ccarmona]

6. McChinless Has Also Said that There Will Be No Shutdown

Over Trumps stupid wall.

[procon]

7. No shit, Sherlock!

That quagmire belongs to Trump, so just carry on and let him own the whole damned thing.

[spiderpig]

8. Eddie Munster utters the obvious.

The rest of the world weeps.

[skylucy]

9. Trump said over and over again that Mexico would pay for the wall.

Trump's idiot minions chanted it at all his rallies. But now the taxpayers are supposed to pay for this ridiculous wall or Trump will shut down the government? The MSM needs to play all the video of Trump saying "BELIEVE ME! Mexico will pay for the wall."

[BigmanPigman]

10. If one cent of my tax dollars goes to paying for that fucking wall

I don't know what! How can we stop this?!

[flibbitygiblets]

11. Wall's not happening. When will people realize that everything out of his beautiful chocolate cake-

hole is a friggin' lie? It won't happen, and true to form, he'll blame everyone from Congress to the media, and continue to whine about it and continue to promise it will TOTALLY happen. And then people will twitch and their eyes will bulge some more, and he'll clap his tiny hands in delight at all the entertainment.

Rinse, repeat.

Ain't happening.

[HAB911]

12. Shut it down, clown

[Bayard]

13. If they're saying there will be no shutdown

Does that mean they're going to cave and fund his wall?

[Sunlei]

14. another 20+million squandered by Repubs for Mr. Trumps wall demos,picture shows & 25k hotel rooms

[apnu]

15. It was in his interest to shut down the government over health care

So why not a border wall Paulie, care to explain the differences to us?