Trump is kind of punking Ryan
What games is Trump playing with Paul Ryan?
When I worked in a medium security prison as a counselor, we would call this a form of asexual punking. This is when a gang leader puts down a member in front of others so that they kowtow to the authority of the gang leader without question.
Trump wants total loyalty from other republicans and he is going about getting it like a gang leader would.
This last line is some expert-level trolling pic.twitter.com/r6CeR0CjbZ
— Matt O’Brien (@ObsoleteDogma) August 2, 2016
Has Trump recently expressed the opinion that Ryan had not yet displayed sufficient fealty? The expression, “I’m not quite there yet,” sounds familiar.
The issue seems to be all over the internet and in the mainstream media.
He’s mirroring what Ryan said about him.
Considering that Ryan was hesitant, using almost the same words as Trump does now, to endorse him even after the nomination was secured and considering the fact that Ryan has repeatedly criticized him while Ryan’s opponent has repeatedly praised him, It is almost surprising that Trump hasn’t endorsed the opponent. Presumably that’s because he thinks Ryan is going to win and he doesn’t want to piss him off, but it is obvious that Trump is quietly rooting for the opponent.
If it were possible, I would feel badly for Rep politicians this election.
They are between a rock and a hard place. Course, they created this situation over a 50 year period, so I certainly cannot feel badly for them.
But they have no choice. If they drop Trump, they will almost guarantee the House and the Senate to the Dems. They at least have a chance (barring Trump going farther to piss off more Rep voters) to hold the fort until he goes away.
I have to admit I enjoy the pain Ryan, McConnell, et. al. are going through.
EMichael,
Don’t feel too bad for the Republican leadership who hold elective office. The will likely end up with a moderate republican President in November. Only they refuse to acknowledge that they themselves have drifted so far to the right, or maybe we should just call it la la land, that they can’t recognize that HRC has always acted like a moderate Republican and is supported by a Democratic Party apparatus that had disavowed any regard for left of center ideology about thirty years ago. HRC and her husband Bill have never been different from a 1960s Republican Party adherent. They simply recognized early on that there was no future in the Republican Party for those in the moderate wing of that party.
Jack,
I understand and agree to a certain point.
However, the ACA was one of the most progressive pieces of legislation the US has ever adopted. And that is even with the effects of the Supreme Court.
I get more than nervous, and agitated, when people imply that both parties are the same.
The differences are immense.
And if Sanders keeps working to move the Dems left, the differences will become greater.