Paul Ryan Says Trump is Probably ‘Just Trolling People’ With Threats of Revoking Security Clearance
Speaker Paul Ryan on Pres. Trump threatening to revoke security clearances from several former Obama officials: “I think he’s trolling people, honestly.”
“I think some of these people have already lost their clearances,” Ryan adds. https://t.co/EQShB6quYa pic.twitter.com/CvznNoRiDe
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 24, 2018
This may be the most honest Speaker Paul Ryan has been about his feelings for the president in a long time.
Speaking to the press, Ryan said that when President Donald Trump says he’s going to revoke security clearance from former Obama officials, he’s probably just being a little shit.
“I think he’s trolling people, honestly,” Ryan said with a laugh and a stutter. “This is something that’s in the purview of the executive branch.”
“I think some of these people have already lost their clearances,” he added.
So, in other words: Not my problem.
Well, it may very well be your problem, Paul, if the leader of your party is openly trolling the crap out of former government officials. But hey, if that argument was going to work, it would’ve worked a long time ago.
Still, plenty of people on Twitter were quick to bash Ryan for his blasé attitude towards Trump’s shenanigans:
It’s apparently all good with Paul Ryan if Donald Trump seeks out revenge against his political enemies by revoking security clearances because, LOL, Trump is “just trolling people.”https://t.co/5C30weZVzs
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) July 24, 2018
“I think he’s trolling people, honestly,” said Speaker of the House Paul Ryan of President Trump’s threat to revoke security clearances of former national security officials who have criticized him.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) July 24, 2018
It’s official. @SpeakerRyan is a bigger traitor than Trump. He called Trump’s threats to revoke security clearances “trolling.” What it actually is, is an all out assault on our democracy. Paul Ryan is the worst Speaker ever and he should resign in disgrace now, not in November.
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) July 24, 2018
“Trump’s death squads taking out his political enemies is simply ‘trolling,'” Paul Ryan, SOON
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) July 24, 2018
Paul Ryan says that he thinks Trump is “trolling people, honestly,” when he threatens to revoke the security clearances of his critics, implying that the Speaker seems to think the admin isn’t being honest. (via CBS) pic.twitter.com/fLSoX3mf6U
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 24, 2018
Bizarre to hear the House Speaker explain the White House’s threat to strip former officials of their security clearances as ”trolling people.”
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) July 24, 2018
Paul Ryan, the speaker of the U.S House of Representatives is dismissing the President of the United States’ comments about stripping security clearances from his political opponents as “trolling”. Ridiculous.
via @atrupar#TuesdayThoughtspic.twitter.com/gmH2woKL91— Holly Figueroa O’Reilly ? BWCS (@AynRandPaulRyan) July 24, 2018
Watch above, via ABC News.
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