Neil Cavuto Reads Paul Ryan Trump’s Mean Tweets Insulting Him: ‘A Loser, Always Has Been, Always Will Be’
Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto interviewed former speaker of the House and current Fox Corp. board member Paul Ryan on Tuesday and asked him to weigh in on the 2024 presidential election.
“The novelty – historic, unprecedented situation – that we’re going to have a former president who’s a convicted criminal and we’re going to have a son of a president who’s a convicted criminal. And I’m just wondering what you think of that?” Cavuot asked Ryan, referring to Hunter Biden’s conviction hours earlier.
“Yeah, I think in a country with 350 million people, this is the choice we have. I, like the majority of Americans, wish we had a different choice than the ones that none when we’re being presented with. I can’t help but think of Nikki Haley. The week she was dropping out, she was 16 points on Biden. She’d probably win this thing by 12 points,” Ryan replied.
As the conversation continued, Cavuto noted, “Now, I know a lot of these folks who also shared your same concerns about Donald Trump that sort of said, all right, we’re rallying around Donald Trump. You said that would not be the case with you. You had said that he’s a populist and an authoritarian narcissist. That character is too important to me, and it’s a job that requires the kind of character he just doesn’t have. That’s pretty strong.”
Ryan replied, “Yeah, that’s the way I feel. I agree with that. I don’t support Biden either. I think his policies are terrible. I hate the fact that I feel I got to write in a Republican like I did the last time in 2020.”
“I voted for him in 2016, hoping, that there was going to be a different kind of person in office. And I do think character is a really important issue if you put yourself above the Constitution as he has done,” Ryan added as the two then launched into a discussion of Trump’s role in the Jan. 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Cavuto then pivoted to some of Trump’s past criticisms of Ryan:
All right. Well, he doesn’t like you either. He heard your comments. He posted this Truth Social last month:
Rupert Murdoch should fire this pathetic RINO. Paul Ryan from the board of Fox. He said that Ryan is a loser. Always has been, always will be. He was the weakest and most incompetent speaker of the House in its history. Fox will sink to the absolute bottom of the pack if Paul Ryan has anything to do with it.
You do serve on our board of directors, so he’s saying you shouldn’t.
“Yeah, yeah, look, I got death, taxes, and weird stuff from Donald Trump. These are the three certainties in my life. So to me, it’s just another day in a life,” Ryan replied, adding:
Look, fealty to Trump is what RINO is. Meaning, if you don’t pledge fealty to this man, then you are a RINO. It used to mean a liberal Republican versus a conservative. I’m a conservative Republican. He’s a populist. He’s not a conservative.
I want to see someone who’s who has fidelity to principles. I would prefer a party that is based on principles, not personality or populism. This populism is untethered to principles. And that’s why, you know, I’m an anti-establishment Republican.
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