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[Haloid1177]

The transcript kind of makes it seem lighthearted. Not so sure about this one, unfortunately.

What McCarthy said I could honestly see being a joke. How Ryan reacted makes it suspect. That's it all of this is true.

 

[Mercury Fred]

Get FUCKED Ryan.

 

[Feep]

Sidenote: I just subscribed to WaPo. I don't actually give a shit about subscribing, they just deserve my money for being literal heroes.

 

[Blader]

As if Ryan couldn't sound more like a goon.

 

[Stinkles]

The transcript kind of makes it seem lighthearted. Not so sure about this one, unfortunately.

According to people who've heard it, it doesn't sound like a joke on the recording and there's this:

Some of the lawmakers laughed at McCarthy’s comment. Then McCarthy quickly added: “Swear to God.”

 

[EdibleKnife]

The transcript kind of makes it seem lighthearted. Not so sure about this one, unfortunately.

With the context of literally everything else going on, it starts to become a lot more difficult to just paint this as one occurrence of joshing around.

 

[broncobuster]

Paul Ryan is the epitome of failure and misery.

 

[Toki767]

But what is there to leak? That McCarthy made a joke about Trump and Russia? I mean, that's not exactly noteworthy. Nothing that requires an oath of secrecy.

Well McCarthy didn't sound like he was joking.

It sounded more like everyone else in the room was laughing it off.

Probably because he said out loud what everyone else was thinking or knew.

 

[Kusagari]

Actually, you know.

The most interesting thing about the transcript is how Ryan says they're the only ones standing up for Ukraine and Rodgers is just like, "but we're not..."

 

[RDreamer]

This probably isn't a big deal unless Trump does get ousted due to Russian influence or showed to have actual ties. In that case Ryan's pretty fucked at least with ads.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Reading the full transcript, unfortunately this will be spun as actual joking around. Lot of laughter during the bad comments. So unfortunately this isnt as big as it seems i guess.

"It's a joke that must be kept SECRET! The most secret prank bro!"

Could someone post the transcript? I'm hitting a paywall.

 

[sturgboski]

Damn it. I should have named the protag of Persona 5 James Comey. That memo was a card from the Phantom Thieves.

I love how Ryan denies it and then when told "actually we have the recording" it turns into "it was locker room talk."

 

[BeforeU]

No words

 

[facetheslayer92]

Guys this was one of the reddit rumors along with others. It's all real holy shit. The other rumor being that the entire GOP apparatus is being funded through laundered Russian money.

Holy shit.

The fuck do they need Russian money for when they have the Koch brothers?

 

[Palette Swap]

It's good that there's proof they're all complicit in putting their party before their country. They don't get to pin it all on Trump when they're all morally bankrupt and willing to look the other way.

 

[Lord Frieza]

Best part:



"Never happened."
"We have tapes."
"What? Oh fuck.... uh, it was a joke! Yeah! A joke!"

Lol, I mean holy shit. Holy. Shit.

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

Well McCarthy didn't sound like he was joking.

It sounded more like everyone else in the room was laughing it off.

Probably because he said out loud what everyone else was thinking or knew.

That's my point. It can't be a joke, or Paul Ryan doesn't make everyone promise to keep it secret.

 

[sturgboski]

The fuck do they need Russian money for when they have the Koch brothers?

Didn't the Koch brothers start backing away though after Trump entered?

 

[captive]

Uh-fucking-amazing.

And here i thought we werent going to get anything today.

 

[Maxim726X]

The transcript kind of makes it seem lighthearted. Not so sure about this one, unfortunately.

Even if that's true, which I'm not sure I agree with, this looks horrible and that fact that he'll have to get up and defend this publicly will only put more pressure on him to act in a way that doesn't protect the party.

 

[kirblar]

Paul Ryan is the epitome of failure and misery.

I don't understand why he's wasting his time w/ this quagmire when his family has a history of dropping dead in their 50s.

He should have taken a page from Boehner- take the money and run.

 

[mjp2417]

After reading the transcript, you would really need to hear the recording to interpret tone and intent here

 

[hawk2025]

This makes all of them sound like a corrupt, traitorous mafia.


Stan for that and cast aspersions if you fucking want.

 

[Shadybiz]

What McCarthy said I could honestly see being a joke. How Ryan reacted makes it suspect. That's it all of this is true.

Yeah that was my thought. I probably would dismiss it as indeed a joke....if it weren't for the shit that Ryan apparently said.

 

[BearPawB]

is the transcript i saw going around


this is like "jokes" people make that are clearly not "jokes" but everyone is just laughing anyways

 

[pseudocaesar]

Classic example of how republicans rationalize their amorality.

Its like an episode of the Sopranos for crying out loud.

 

[Quixzlizx]

Would you like to publish a list of every joke you've ever made in private?

I don't know or think that McCarthy was joking but it's not impossible.

Is this some sort of meta Huelen impression?

 

[kirblar]

Didn't the Koch brothers start backing away though after Trump entered?

I believe you are correct there, they backed other candidates in the primary.

 

[IrishNinja]

Paul Ryan's entire career could be accompanied by the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme.

seriously, this

 

[wildfire]

Best part:



"Never happened."
"We have tapes."
"What? Oh fuck.... uh, it was a joke! Yeah! A joke!"

What can you expect from the party number #1 with racists? It's just a prank bro is their go to catch phrase.

 

[Freewheelin']

why didn't this all fucking come to light before this cunt was elected

 

[Tacitus_]

The fuck do they need Russian money for when they have the Koch brothers?

 

[KHarvey16]

According to people who've heard it, it doesn't sound like a joke on the recording and there's this:

I guess ultimately we'd have to hear it. The transcript kind of paints the conversation going from serious to less so with notes about laughing.

In the end if Paul Ryan actually knew Donald Trump was being paid by Putin in 2016 that means potentially lots of people knew and Trump is going to jail.

 

[Plasma]

It's just a prank brah.

 

[Escape Goat]

is the transcript i saw going around

Sounds like it's been ripped from a Fast and Furious script.

 

[toddhunter]

According to people who've heard it, it doesn't sound like a joke on the recording and there's this:

Swearing to God would take some next level republican spin: "we all know God isn't real lol"

 

[lastplayed]

is the transcript i saw going around


this is like "jokes" people make that are clearly not "jokes" but everyone is just laughing anyways

 

[Electric Eye]

Man are you telling me Claude Taylor and the other twitter person are for reals then? Fuuuuu

 

[Stinkles]

I guess ultimately we'd have to hear it. The transcript kind of paints the conversation going from serious to less so with notes about laughing.

In the end if Paul Ryan actually knew Donald Trump was being paid by Putin in 2016 that means potentially lots of people knew and Trump is going to jail.

I thin he's just saying he believes it, not that he knows anything. But that in itself is damning. Because he's carried that buttmunch's water this entire time.

 

[Alucrid]

is the transcript i saw going around


this is like "jokes" people make that are clearly not "jokes" but everyone is just laughing anyways

maybe it's jimmy fallon laughter

 

[Nafai1123]

This is also damning for Ryan. Basically admits he knows what Russia is trying to do, and who they're trying to do it with (Trump).

Ryan: He basically...He has this really interesting riff about... people have said that they have Ukraine fatigue, and it’s really Russian fatigue because what Russia is doing is doing to us, financing our populists, financing people in our governments to undo our governments, you know, messing with our oil and gas energy, all the things Russia does to basically blow up our country, they’re just going to roll right through us and go to
the Baltics and everyone else.

 

[Kurtofan]

can you rico congress

 

[Niks]

Joke joke wink wink

 

[everyday math]

Man are you telling me Claude Taylor and the other twitter person are for reals then? Fuuuuu

Huh...

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

So President Orrin Hatch then?

 

[~Kinggi~]

This is also damning for Ryan. Basically admits he knows what Russia is trying to do, and who they're trying to do it with (Trump).

yeah i read that and he says it like its a known fact. Bizzare coming from the party that had to even ask if Russians were interfering.

 

[SummitAve]

Paul Ryan is an amateur.

 

[Mortemis]

Issa joke guys lnao

 

[Kusagari]

Regardless of whether it was a joke or not, I hope this has Mueller look directly into Ryan and other key GOP members as well.

 

[Wensih]

Is there any reason they don't release the tapes?