Rep. Paul Ryan finds “House of Cards” character Frank Underwood reprehensible.
In an interview with Parade magazine, the Wisconsin Republican said he couldn’t watch more than a few episodes of the Netflix political drama series because he was repulsed by Underwood — a calculating, murderous politician portrayed by Kevin Spacey — cheating on his wife.
The magazine published this exchange:
Do you watch political shows like House of Cards?
I watched the first couple of episodes until he cheated on his wife with that reporter. It turned my stomach so much that I just couldn’t watch it anymore. His behavior was so reprehensible, and it hit too close to home because he was a House member, that it just bothered me too much. And what I thought is, it makes us all look like we’re like that.
Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, was the GOP’s vice presidential nominee in 2012 and is weighing a run for president in 2016.
