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    Paul Ryan's CNN Town Hall



    Y'all know how I like my threads-- be respectful of each other and of the subject matter-- in this case meaning Paul Ryan, CNN, and the people who asked questions. If you can't or won't be respectful, I will not hesitate to ban you from the thread.

    The town hall covers the Affordable Care Act, illegal immigration, including Russia, drugs, and dabbing. I don't have precise timestamps, nor a transcript, or I'd post the bits I found interesting like I did with the Obama speech.

    That said, Speaker Ryan lays out some fairly detailed criticisms of the ACA in the first 10-20 minutes that I'm curious to see answered by our resident lefties.
    Don't call it a comeback. It's a riposte.
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    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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      Source: Washington Post - January 13, 2017
      https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.78af329c0d74

      Paul Ryan widens the crack between Hill Republicans and Donald Trump

      "Just a week after the election, the cracks were starting to show between Trump and Republicans on some pretty major issues. Now that the election is over and it's time for Republicans to govern, they appear to be growing wider.

      Deportation forces? Despite President-elect Donald Trump's use of the phrase, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) promised in a CNN town hall Thursday night: "In Congress, it's not happening."

      Medicare reform? Despite Trump's desire to leave it alone, Ryan says Medicare is in such a dire state that "we better get prepared to fix this problem."

      Deporting all 11 million immigrants in the country illegally? Trump is fuzzy on whether he stands on one of his signature his campaign promises, but Ryan indicated Thursday he's inclined to help keep children of undocumented parents in the country. "No," he said when asked by an undocumented woman whether he thinks she should be deported.

      Oh, and Russia. Pretty much everyone in Washington except Trump wants to slap sanctions on Russia, Ryan included. ("I think Russia is a global menace led by a man who is menacing," he said Thursday)...""

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        Originally posted by Spartacus View Post
        That said, Speaker Ryan lays out some fairly detailed criticisms of the ACA in the first 10-20 minutes that I'm curious to see answered by our resident lefties.
        I'm not an expert on the fine details of the ACA, and I haven't yet watched the video. But I did see a headline on the subject a couple of days ago: Here are the lies Paul Ryan told about Obamacare during his town hall meeting, which I assume gives you the kind of detailed criticism of Ryan's comments on Obamacare from a left-leaning pov you're looking for.

        I note politifact recently gave Paul Ryan a "pants on fire" rating for saying "Because of Obamacare, Medicare is going broke."
        "I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
        "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism" - George Orwell
        "[Capitalism] as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evils. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy" - Albert Einstein

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