Former House Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that Republicans will lose the presidential election if Donald Trump is the nominee and that he expects hard-right followers of Trump to force a government shutdown within days.

Ryan, who left office in 2019 and had a sometimes contentious relationship with Trump, said he hoped that another Republican nominee would gain enough momentum early next year to overtake Trump after the first primaries. Ryan represented southeastern Wisconsin in Congress for 20 years, the last four as speaker.

“The party that puts the first fresh face forward wins this election,” Ryan said at an event on the University of Wisconsin campus organized by the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs.

    • @Zombiepirate
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      91 year ago

      Remember when the Romney campaign tried to sell him as a “policy wonk?”

      I guess that plays better than “out-of-touch wet fart.”

      • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
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        81 year ago

        All I remember about him is he said his favorite band was Rage Against the Machine because he’s a fucking dipshit frat boy

        • @Zombiepirate
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          71 year ago

          To be fair, that’s a perfect distillation of Paul Ryan.