Breitbart's "destroy Paul Ryan by posting old news about him" campaign is v. compelling
— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) March 14, 2017
Late Monday night, Breitbart’s Matt Boyle published audio of an October conference call between Paul Ryan and Republicans where the Speaker of the House said that “I am not going to defend Donald Trump–not now, not in the future”:
“I am not going to defend Donald Trump—not now, not in the future,” Paul Ryan said on October conference call https://t.co/4wjncRShsG
— Blake News (@blakehounshell) March 14, 2017
Boyle, to the delight of liberals, went on to accuse Ryan of misleading President Trump on the AHCA:
The war is on. pic.twitter.com/sJNI4EQV4K
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) March 14, 2017
Is this supposed to help Trump’s image?
https://twitter.com/fmanjoo/status/841485917793615872
And reporters are using the article to hit Trump on his past allegations on inappropriate behavior toward women:
Stunningly bold of the Bannon/Breitbart alliance to bring up Trump’s “pussy” remarks just to slime Paul Ryan. https://t.co/GxWsiQxUHZ pic.twitter.com/I9JmCUgvVB
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) March 14, 2017
Breitbart Bubble: they think tape exposes Ryan's disloyalty-Actually, it revives image of Trump as a gross groper https://t.co/nJaYxAmuUn
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) March 14, 2017
The HuffPo’s Sam Stein went on to speculate that Boyle’s piece was really only intended for President Trump and not a wider audience:
i think their audience is Trump here and no one else.
— Sam Stein (@samstein) March 14, 2017
Others are speculating if this means Trump really doesn’t want the bill to pass:
1. Do Steve Bannon and Trump really want this healthcare bill to pass? I have my doubts
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 14, 2017
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