House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Tuesday night said that he disagreed with Donald Trump’s proposal to deport the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
“I don’t think rounding up 11 million people A, is the right thing to do, B, would work,” Ryan said during a CNN town hall. “And I don’t think you’d like to see what we’d have to do to the country to do that.”
Instead, Ryan said that the country needs to secure the border and initiate “reforms that get people out of the shadows and get right with the law.”
Watch the clip via CNN:
Paul Ryan on illegal immigration: “Rounding up 11 million people” won’t work #RyanTownHall https://t.co/FzlmeTvrnd https://t.co/F7YSttqWCm
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Trump: Lyin Ryan thinks he can steal my thunder in Cleveland.
Even when he’s criticizing Trump, Paul Ryan is normalizing him. The message is “sure, Donald Trump is a crazy bigot - but that’s all right. Don’t worry, it’s safe to vote for him. Hey, I’m going to!”
Trump still looks like a hopeless long-shot, but if he has any chance it’ll be thanks to people like Ryan. Unforgivable.
I understand that Republicans can disagree with Hillary on tax policy, on regulation, and various other priorities, but Trump is so outside the mainstream of American values that supporting him should be unthinkable for anyone who truly loves this country.
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It’d be easier for Ryan if he just listed the 2-3 things he agreed with Trump with, and a simple statement for the rest, like:
“Everything else that comes out of Trump’s mouth is batshit crazy”
He can even make it into a meme pic and post it every time Trump opens his mouth. That’d make things sooo much more efficient for Ryan!
Never let it be said that I’ve never helped Republicans out.