Paul Ryan sent out a lovely tweet talking about his own experience as a father and wishing other dads a Happy Father’s Day.
It was actually very sweet.
My life changed the day I became a father. Liza, Charlie, and Sam are my highest priority. Wishing all of the dads out there a happy early #FathersDay pic.twitter.com/w3UsSkR4Lf
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) June 16, 2018
Surely nobody would take issue with Ryan being proud of his family and wishing other fathers and families good wishes on a holiday where we celebrate dads, right?
Right?
Oh, never mind.
TFG.
Maybe he missed it but Ryan actually has backed legislation that could stop this from happening … but hey, John was more interested in dunking on the speaker than he was about the actual children at the border. If he really cared about the situation he would have been calling this out years ago, when Obama was president. Or heck, when Clinton signed it into law in the 90’s.
At the end of the day, it’s just more virtue signaling BS that he hopes will get him a bunch of fav’s and retweets and perhaps some recognition from the pink vagina hat crew because HE CARES.
No no, he hasn’t actually done anything to help, but he sent a mean tweet to Paul Ryan! Resist!
Guy Benson, of course, said it far better than we can.
DO NOT LOVE YOUR CHILDREN IN PUBLIC UNTIL YOU DO AS I SAY, AND NO I DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS OR LEGISLATION ON THIS VERY ISSUE! F*** YOU!! CAN EVERYBODY SEE WHAT I GOOD PERSON I AM? https://t.co/KVsl3hR1uc
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) June 16, 2018
Oooh, he went full capslock.
Look out, John.
He said he was wishing “all the dads” a happy father’s day. Seems very reasonable to criticize him for making a show of that as he does nothing while children are being forcibly separated from their dads (and moms)
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 16, 2018
Oh good, Judd Legum is white knighting for John.
1. A father celebrating his fatherhood on Father’s Day weekend is not a political act. This line of criticism is truly bonkers to me.
2. He supports a bill that would deal with this problem, which he has spoken against, & is whipping votes for it. That is not “doing nothing.”
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) June 16, 2018
1. He wasn’t just celebrating his fatherhood. He was expressing his concern for all fathers
2. The bill he supports does not fix the issue.
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 16, 2018
Wishing fathers a happy Father’s Day is a normal person thing to do.
NYT: Bill ‘address[es] the separation of children from parents under the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal border crossings by mandating that families be kept together while in the custody of DHS’
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) June 16, 2018
But you’re not angry enough, Guy! RAR! TRAITOR! ELEVENTY!
That was before people read the text
Despite claims, GOP immigration bill would not end family separation, experts say – NBC News https://t.co/YsySlgkCdR
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 17, 2018
Just to be clear: you will urge Democrats to vote against all existing GOP proposals on the topic?
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) June 17, 2018
Narrator: Yes.
It would greatly ameliorate the problem of separation, though it could cause additional complications. Because these are hard issues: https://t.co/PPZnuXryGt
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) June 17, 2018
Yes, it is far more complicated than most people realize.
And something that’s been an issue for decades BUT HEY, Trump is racist and literally Hitler.
"How can I ruin this day for everybody?"
Liberals, on every special day.— Pouncin' Sheik Yerbouti (@YerboutiSheik) June 17, 2018
HA!
Yup.
He’s the Speaker of the House. He has a bill. He controls the calendar. He can publicly and privately love his own children, wish other dad’s happy Father’s Day AND do his job. It doesn’t have to be one or the other.
— Melinda Ellis (@melindaellis) June 17, 2018
Now now, that sounds far too rational and balanced, we can’t have that on Twitter.
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