HEY, EVERYONE: "Nevada's 2nd U.S. House District Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, said on Nevada Newsmakers Monday that Rep. Paul Ryan may soon resign as Speaker of the U.S. House." https://t.co/HKupnTyPIU
— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) March 26, 2018
I think my Speaker Ryan tweet may have crashed the Nevada Newsmakers site, so here's the full @RayHagar story. pic.twitter.com/99VDcJgQ2q
— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) March 26, 2018
For what it's worth, Paul Ryan's staff just told @ErinVKelly that Ryan is not resigning. https://t.co/vjXUymYmU9
— Jessica Estepa (@jmestepa) March 26, 2018
…“The speaker is not resigning,” AshLee Strong, Ryan’s spokeswoman, said in a statement.
Amodei is not particularly close to the speaker, who has a small inner circle of advisers and who makes decisions about his political future with an even smaller round of confidants and family.
But Amodei publicly reopened the discussion that has been kept to private whispers within the House Republican Conference about whether Ryan will run to lead the House GOP next year. He went even further by stating, with nothing more than gossip from his colleagues, that Ryan would resign within 60 days and that his successor had already been chosen…
Ryan, who was on a congressional delegation trip to the Czech Republic, has tried to bat down speculation about whether he wants another term as House speaker if Republicans hold the majority in the November midterm elections. Winning approval of the tax-cut bill in December marked a career highlight that led some to believe he might leave office in the winter, on a high note before what is likely to be a rough midterm…
Republicans would be stunned if there was an outright resignation, in the middle of the term, without any political scandal, and many would suspect they had little chance to win the majority in November.
The traditional route for a House speaker looking toward the exits is to run for another term and announce immediately after the election that he or she is stepping down, particularly if the party loses the majority.
There are, of course, rude whispers that Ryan wants to jump ship before he gets blamed for any part of a massive GOP loss come November. Ryan has never been a guy to stand and take punishment for the good of anyone other than Paul Ryan…
Well in fairness, Boehner’s staff vehemently denied the same rumor right before he resigned https://t.co/xO4uUg9uLk
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) March 26, 2018
If he’s now considering clearing out his offices so someone else can come in and do the job, it’s long overdue.
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) March 26, 2018
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And then there’s this… unpleasant spectacle:
Wisconsin students are marching 50 miles from Madison to Janesville because they refuse to be ignored by @SpeakerRyan, who has taken more money from the gun lobby than any US Representative past or present.#50More #NeverAgain #WeWillNotBeIgnored https://t.co/UehSbqSV1i
— Cathy Myers (@CathyMyersWI) March 26, 2018