Paul Ryan the Hypocrite

So Congressmen Paul Ryan of Wisconsin has decided that he is willing to be Speaker of the House. As long as his Republican Party comes together to elect him as their next speaker, along with some other demands, which are listed below. He made three demands; the one is something that Congressmen Ryan has consistently wanted for those in Congress but not for working men and women in America. However it is expected that for once the Republicans would decide to take their own party hostage. Time with his family, no working weekends Motion to Vacate the Chair, No Longer Broad support from House Republicans

The first demand from Congressmen Ryan is an issue that he fundamentally does not believe for those who make up the Middle Class and working people in this nation. The year was 2009 when the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act, Representative Ryan voted against the Act. This isn’t the only time Paul Ryan voted against a House Resolution to give America’s working families paid leave. He opposed the Family Act. The Family Act established a national paid leave program. Not only did the Family Act apply to paid leave, it applied to paid sick leave. Paul Ryan opposed the full resolution. Those who are employed at the House receive up to 12 weeks of unpaid family leave, but until they resign or are voted out of office they still receive a paycheck.

To Ryan’s second demand the motion to vacate the chair was created by Thomas Jefferson. This has been a weapon for the hard line Conservatives in the House, at trying to dethrone current House Speaker John Boehner. Here is the real issue with Congressmen Ryan wanting to undo the ‘Jefferson’ rule, the Republican Party claims to hold the Constitution sacred. While holding the founding document sacred, no one could see the Republican Party doing away with the rule that was instituted by the Third President of these United States. Ryan is a hypocrite here because he and his fellow Republicans tell the American People time and time again that is President Obama who doesn’t support the founding principles of this nation.

Congressmen Ryan’s final demand that he receive broad support from the Republican Party. It is not going to happen he may become the next Speaker of the House, but he won’t receive every single House Republican’s vote. Even now as the Freedom Caucus supports him. He did not secure their endorsement. Especially considering that the House Freedom Caucus AKA the people who started this whole thing, are running their own candidates

Finally the good news for working Families in America Paul Ryan’s presidential aspirations have ended. Speaker of the House is known as a dead end job, he can run as did former Speaker Gingrich. Gingrich did not make it out of the primary