Paul Ryan's Zika Antics Prove He Deserves Trump

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Paul Ryan's Zika Antics Prove He Deserves Trump

By Jesse Berney at Rolling Stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/paul-ryans-zika-antics-prove-he-deserves-trump-w438448

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That's exactly what Paul Ryan did Monday, tweeting out a statement claiming Democrats "have now blocked this funding for the third time" and "must finally give up the act and get the job done."

It is solely Paul Ryan and the Republicans in Congress who are responsible for blocking the funding for ZIka and putting the lives of children — children! — at grave risk. They've turned a critical emergency funding request into an ugly tool for political gain. They're trying to shut down a health care provider that the nation's most vulnerable women rely on for everything from abortion to screening for cancer to preventing sexually transmitted infections — including Zika.

This is as awful as any of the horrible things we've seen Donald Trump do over the course of this campaign. It's ugly politics at its ugliest, dressed up in fancy suits and procedural votes. Children are being born with debilitating birth defects, and Paul Ryan believes that's an opportunity to score some political points or maybe even shut down some health clinics.

Ryan has a carefully crafted image. His initial reluctance to endorse Trump was an attempt to draw a line between "serious" Republicans like him and a clown like Trump. Don't let his antics fool you. There's a reason the party of Paul Ryan nominated Donald Trump: They're peas in the same morally corrupt pod. Anyone who would risk the health of women and children the way Ryan is doing deserves a nominee like Trump.


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