Tuesday, November 3, 2015

New Speaker of the House, Same Old Lies

(Any underlines are mine.)

"White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest blasted Paul Ryan after the Speaker went on national television and falsely blamed President Obama for the Republican refusal to allow a vote on immigration reform...

...Ryan said, 'Yeah, I think he's proven untrustworthy on this issue.  He tried to go around Congress with an Executive Order to rewrite laws unilaterally...I do not believe we should and we won't bring immigration legislation with a president we cannot trust on this issue.'...

...At the daily (White House) press briefing. Press Secretary Josh Earnest reminded the world that it was Ryan who helped to write the bipartisan immigration (bill) and then stood with Republican leaders in the House who refused to bring the bill up for a vote...

...'It's a little hard for him to make the claim that somehow the president hasn't acted in good faith on immigration when Speaker Ryan actively thwarted a compromise he himself helped to broker."...

...The administration will be routinely hammering Ryan if his 'bold vision' for the House involves blaming President Obama for everything that he refuses to do."

eye'm thynkin':  "Bold vision" must be Republican-speak for "same ol', same ol'."

Read more at Politicus USA

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