Paul Krugman burns 'fraud' Paul Ryan to the ground -- along with the reporters who sucked up to him for years

Bidding farewell to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), who is leaving Congress  and years of disastrous economic policies in his rearview mirror, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman blew up the myth of Ryan as an economic wunderkind -- along with the reporters who spent years lavishing unwarranted praise on him.

In a multi-part tweetstorm, Krugman linked Ryan's lauded departure to a recent Politico article that questioned whether Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is too "unlikeable" to be elected President.

According to Krugman,"Lots of things to say about Elizabeth Warren, but top of my list is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- a truly original policy idea that was incredibly successful until Trump sabotaged it. She's someone who both has deep ideas and gets stuff done. Kind of important?"

He then lashed out at Ryan, who is being replaced by another woman, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

"Today the best House Speaker of modern times reclaims the gavel from the worst. Paul Ryan leaves office with 12%, that's right, 12% favorability -- and 75% unfavorable," he tweeted

He then added, "Whatever happened to the days when Ryan was a media darling, receiving constant praise for his seriousness and honesty? I've talked a lot about how his phoniness was obvious from the beginning," before linking to a previous column where he called Ryan a "FlimFlam man."

"What I haven't talked about, I think, is that Ryan-adulation was always a within-the-Beltway thing -- that is, it didn't reflect any kind of broad public perception. On the contrary, ordinary voters always despised him," he tweeted, adding, "Strange to say, however, you never ever read stories about how unlikable Ryan was. It was all about the wonderful substance of his ideas -- which were, in fact, obviously fraudulent."

You can see all the tweets below, including his condemnation of the national media which has given Ryan a pass while engaging in "sexist" attacks on female Democrats.