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Ryan: ‘I just don’t understand’ what ‘horses and bayonets’ means
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan says that he can’t figure out what President Barack Obama meant when he mocked Mitt Romney’s complaint about the Navy’s smaller fleet of ships by saying “we also have fewer horses and bayonets.” During the third 2012 presidential debate, Romney had criticized Obama because…
Ryan-endorsed Wisconsin Republican: ‘Some girls rape so easy’
Update (below): Ryan pulls his endorsement A Wisconsin State Rep. endorsed by Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan told a reporter that he believes “some girls rape so easy.” State Rep. Roger Rivard (R) later insisted he was merely recounting a story from his father about the dangers men face in…
Paul Ryan ends interview after being pressed on guns and taxes
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on Monday ended an interview with ABC12 in Michigan after being questioned about how he would prevent gun violence in the United States. During the interview, Ryan denied the U.S. had a “gun problem.” He said the country only had a “crime problem.” “If…
Paul Ryan redefining rape as ‘forcible rape’ was just ‘stock language’
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on Monday insisted that wording in a bill that he co-sponsored with Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), which Democrats say would have redefined rape as “forcible rape,” was just “stock language.” Under the proposed “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” only victims of “forcible rape”…
Paul Ryan: Chick-fil-A is ‘good chicken’ and ‘free speech’
Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan is embracing the fried chicken restaurant chain whose founder recently admitted funding groups that oppose LGBT rights. During a short and unconventional interview with WDBJ in Virginia, reporter Orlando Salinas asked Ryan what came to mind when he thought of Chick-fil-A. “Good chicken,” Ryan…
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