Paul Ryan expressed the belief that Mitt Romney would take the mantle as John McCain’s successor in the Senate. Breitbart reports:
During a Q&A hosted by the Washington Post, House Speaker Paul Ryan positioned Mitt Romney as John McCain’s moral successor.
In one of the last interviews Ryan will have given as House Speaker, he praised his long-time friend, former running mate, and Utah senator-elect. “It’s great that he’s coming,” Ryan said. “Mitt believes there’s a role for him … as a standard-bearer for our party.”
McCain was a maverick GOP element in public perception, often resisting his own party’s majority stance on key issues as a matter of principle. Before his death, McCain famously voted against the repeal-and-replace Republican health care bill that would have crippled Obamacare, drawing Trump’s ire.
The animosity between the two culminated in Trump being asked not to attend McCain’s funeral after he died of brain cancer, apparently in alignment with the late senator’s wishes. Romney is a similarly resistant conservative figure, most recently calling out President Donald Trump for his skirmishes with the “fake news” media.
When Romney refused to deliver a potentially devastating blow during his debate with Obama on foreign policy, I knew that, in spite of his looks, he lacks the fire in his belly to be a president.
When Romney missed to respond to Obama, when the former president presented him with a perfect opening for a devastating retort on foreign policy during their presidential debate, I knew that Romney has no have the necessary grit to be president.
I have decided long ago not to trust Paul Ryan. He has double-crossed the Republicans too many times.
totally agree- he will be the biggest ass in Congress and vote against any and everything that Trump suggest– he is a very hateful man and wants to be the ruler of the country– need to put him in his place on day one