Conservative Pundits Skewer Paul Ryan’s Political Cowardice: ‘He Made That Faustian Bargain’ with Trump’
RUSH EXCERPT:
SYKES: “Pretty much everything. Donald Trump rolled in and crushed all of Paul Ryan’s vision of the party. When you think about it, I’m old enough to remember when he was the intellectual leader and that was cast aside the way you describe T he was the anti-Trump he cared about policy and a lot of those things. When push came to shove, he made that he was going to keep his mouth shut and keep his head down and go along with Donald Trump maybe because he was hoping that some day Donald Trump would Pivot or pay attention to this information. Maybe he simply thought it was worth it to make that bargain in order to get the tax cuts. The reality is his legacy is badly tarnished. I am in Wisconsin and Trump was in Wisconsin and a lot of the Republicans and elected officials owe their careers to Paul Ryan and worked with him for decades. Not one defended Paul Ryan and not one pushed back against Donald Trump’s criticisms. That tells you what happened to the Republican Party and what happened to Paul Ryan.”
