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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPaul Ryan's Opponent in Wisconsin Is a Union Ironworker Who Just Launched the Campaign Ad of the Yea
Meet Randy Bryce, a union iron worker, Army veteran, and mustache owner.
When Speaker of the House and Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan isn't busy taking your health care away, he's trying to give rich people tax cuts while screwing over the poor. Well, it turns out he's going to have some competition for his seat in 2018 and it's as if his opponent was built in a lab from a mix of Springsteen lyrics and "I hate Democrats, but there's something about this guy I like," statements from Republicans. Randy Bryce is a union iron worker, a U.S. Army veteran, and a badass with an awesome mustache that serves as the namesake of his Twitter account: @IronStache. And now he's released an ad announcing his candidacy and it's two minutes and twenty seconds of what might be the most compelling and effective political ad I've seen in a long time.
In a statement to the Washington Post, Bryce said:
"My values are my neighbors values, and we know that Washington has gotten way off track. Whether its healthcare, jobs, national security, education, or the environment, theres not one issue where Paul Ryan and Donald Trump are headed in the right direction. Its time for a change in Congress.
Now granted, Bryce has lost in previous runs for state level office, but in a post-Trump world this kind of outsider voice seems very likely to resonate. I mean how can you not be moved by a phrase like, "Let's trade places. Paul Ryan, you can come work the iron and I'll go to D.C."
http://www.gq.com/story/randy-bryce-paul-ryan-campaign-ad
Cha
(297,503 posts)Mahalo, ILZ
Vinca
(50,300 posts)DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)Are there any numbers yet?
Luciferous
(6,084 posts)raised in southeastern WI and I would guess he has a good chance. There are a lot of blue collar people in the area who could relate to this guy.
a kennedy
(29,695 posts)rtracey
(2,062 posts)I can only say and hope this guy doesn't get screwed by the Koch Brothers or the billions $ that Paul Ryan will bring to smear him.
He sounds like someone I would vote for if I lived there. Good Luck Randy...
Gothmog
(145,481 posts)IronLionZion
(45,496 posts)in a big blue wave election that gives us the house again, maybe the senate.
Make Pelosi Speaker Again