Next week, Monday the 21st.
This could be absolutely brutal. I'm not even sure why Ryan is doing it.
This could be absolutely brutal. I'm not even sure why Ryan is doing it.
And Ryan has to take questions?
HOO BOY
I hope Tapper dives in deep in order to find Ryan's spine. It will be a deep descent.
Cannot find what does not existI hope Tapper dives in deep in order to find Ryan's spine. It will be a deep descent.
Keep your expectations incredibly low.
Yup. CNN won't put him to task, and only allow soft ball questions.
Yup. CNN won't put him to task, and only allow soft ball questions.
How much of a "Townhall" will this really be? I expect a manicured audience compared to the heckling and disastrous GOP town halls we saw last Spring.
He hasn't won his primary yet. So he doesn't have a spot on the town hall.All of the questions are apparently going to be pre-screened.
Ryan's Democrat challenger in 2018, Randy Bryce (aka IronStache), is trying to get CNN to allow him to debate Ryan - which he knows won't happen. So right now he's raising funds to run an ad that'll play during the Ryan "town hall".
This is on right now.
He kiiiiinda condemned trump.for his comments, was still pretty wishy washy about it though.
This is on right now.
He kiiiiinda condemned trump.for his comments, was still pretty wishy washy about it though.
WAT? He's saying he won't hold the president accountable?
Ryan is really being kinda dodgy on this whole thing. Keeps turning the whole Trump/White supremacy thing into being a "partisan" issue.
Expect a lot of:
"Look, what happens in the White house is none of my business. I'm just trying to do the job we were elected to do."
@russellberman: Paul Ryan says a censure of Trump would be "absolute worst thing we could do." "What would that to do to unify our country?