Paul Krugman, Paul Ryan -- screenshots
Taking to Twitter to respond to outgoing House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) whining about liberal billionaires helping Democrats take back the House in the midterms, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman ridiculed the politician long seen as a puppet for wealthy conservatives like the Koch Brothers.
In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Ryan blamed GOP House losses in California on wealthy liberal contributors by lamenting, “There were a lot of seats in California we should have won and we got massively outspent. If you’ve got a couple of billionaires dropping $100 million on your head, that leaves a mark.”
Krugman, who writes a column for the New York Times, found Ryan's comment more than a little hypocritical.
"I didn't exactly see this coming: Republicans blaming their midterm shellacking on the nefarious influence of billionaires," Krugman tweeted before linking to a screenshot of Ryan's comment juxtaposed with a Politico article headlined: "Sheldon Adelson kicks in $30M to stop Democratic House takeover."
Krugman then blew up Ryan's complaint with a series of tweets you can see below:
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