• @Nightwingdragon
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    212 months ago

    Keep in mind that it’s easy for Paul Ryan – or anyone else, for that matter – to say they won’t vote for Trump when there is literally no way to verify that claim.

    • @Wrench
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      252 months ago

      Well, what’s the point of lying? His statement probably influences far more votes than his individual vote.

      I see no point in lying. If anything, he’d be motivated to decline to comment or lie to say he’s voting for Trump to avoid backlash from the fanatic MAGA base

      • @Nightwingdragon
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        32 months ago

        Well, what’s the point of lying? His statement probably influences far more votes than his individual vote.

        Whatever his next career move is, he may feel that appealing to the moderates and swing voters is more beneficial to him than just being one of the growing sea of people willing to suck up to the MAGA base.

    • @madcaesar
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      62 months ago

      That’s not what matters.

      All these Republican fuckers “standing against Trump”, do so when they have no power and they don’t matter.

      No-one gives a shit about Paul.

      If he was in the house, you better believe he’d be sucking Trump cock, because he is a piece of shit just like Trump.

      • @Nightwingdragon
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        22 months ago

        Absolutely. They’re all guilty of it. Ryan, Cheney, Romney, all of them. They all spoke out against Trump once they had nothing left to lose, but marched in lockstep with him before that. And I’m sure that at least some of the reason that they speak out against him is because until he did, they all thought Trump would never turn his back on them, and they’re shocked (shocked!) when they find out they’re not a special little snowflake to Trump, and can be easily discarded the minute they no longer serve a purpose to him, just like everybody else.

        I’m just saying that Paul has likely calculated that trying to endear himself to the moderates of the party and right-leaning independent voters is better for him than going full MAGA. I’m not saying he’s right, but it may be what he’s thinking.

        • @ripcord
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          12 months ago

          What? Cheney and Romney spoke out way before they had nothing left to lose.

          Those are two very rare examples of the OPPOSITE of the point you were trying to make.

          • @Nightwingdragon
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            22 months ago

            They still voted in line with him when push came to shove.

        • FuglyDuck
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          12 months ago

          Only reason I don’t believe he sucks trump off Is because there l’s really not that much of it to go around,

      • @pyre
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        12 months ago

        he never had a spine when he was in office