Republican Rep. Jim Jordan: Paul Ryan has 'got problems'

[UpInArms]

Source: CNN

One of the leading voices of the House Freedom Caucus warned Sunday that House Speaker Paul Ryan was facing problems from fellow Republicans dissatisfied with his leadership.

Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan said the recently passed government funding agreement, which raises budget caps by $300 billion over two years, was "not consistent" with the promises Republicans made to cut spending, and that Ryan's support for the deal undermined his leadership.

"Do I think the speaker has problems? Yes, I do," Jordan said.

He noted that Ryan entered the national stage as one of the party's top hawks on deficit spending.

"Just a few years ago, he was viewed as the leader of fiscal responsibility in our party," Jordan said. "And now he presides over a bill that increases spending $300 billion, a trillion-dollar deficit, when we were so poised to win this fight. Of course he's got problems."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/11/politics/jim-jordan-paul-ryan-house/index.html

[Botany]

1. Jim Jordan is an idiot .... one of Ohio's finest

Jordan voted for Trump's tax cut for the rich which blew a hole in the budget.

[UpInArms]

2. No one can accuse these idiots of making any sense

their hypocrisy runs deep and wide.

[True Blue American]

4. Mike Barnicle On Jordan

The guy who does not own a jacket!

Trying hard to look like a worker. The most gerrymandered District in Ohio.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. The typical Republican looking for a Gerrymadered District to Represent.

True empty barrel.

[paleotn]

7. Their point is to starve the government

both federal and state. They want to take Kansas nationwide.

[Me.]

3. Anyone Who Voted For The Tax Cuts

is not entitled to an opinion

[paleotn]

6. Cut spending? OK.....

I wish the nut job caucus would specify exactly what they want to cut. We know what they really mean, but I wish just once they would be up front and honest about it publicly. Just go ahead and spell out exactly what they want to cut and we'll see how far that gets them politically.

[Vinca]

8. As I recall, Ryan got the job because no one else wanted it.

[rpannier]

10. Pretty Much

If the free-dumb mucus is so knowledgeable, one of their members should step up and claim the position

[BigmanPigman]

9. Jordan is #9 on my list of people

that make me run ASAP for my remot control everytime I see his face on the news.

[dchill]

11. "What a revoltin' development this is!"

I always think if that William Bendix line when he comes on. Trump et al, too.