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.
Trump on Tuesday night suggested he would push to tie funding for his proposed border wall to a government spending bill Congress must pass in the fall to avert a shutdown.
“I don’t think anyone’s interested in having a shutdown. I don’t think it’s in our interest to do so,” Ryan said. “I don’t think you have to choose between the two.”
.@SpeakerRyan: "I don't think a government shut down is necessary, and I don't think most people want to see" one. https://t.co/9ZBdrCglu6 pic.twitter.com/ClqY5NAABp
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Bumbling, fumbling, stumbling to a shutdown.
Ryan would look up to Milquetoast as a fearless leader.
Ya mean, just like 45 said he wasn’t considering pardoning Arpaio, but the paperwork is already drawn up.
Geez.
Could anyone produce any evidence that President Trump gives a damn about Paul Ryan’s opinion on anything, anything at all?
More weasel words from this spineless fraud. The correct answer is “It is not in our interest to shut down the government, and President Trump can go pound sand.” Trump still labors under the misapprehension that he was elected Emperor of the United States, and has no idea as to the limitations on his powers of office. Please stop coddling his fantasies and make it clear that the Congress decides whether or not to fund the government, not him. If Ryan bent any further backwards, he could touch the floor.