HLMenckenFan@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTrump is a ‘populist, authoritarian narcissist’, says ex-speaker Paul Ryanwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1280arrow-down16
arrow-up1274arrow-down1external-linkTrump is a ‘populist, authoritarian narcissist’, says ex-speaker Paul Ryanwww.theguardian.comHLMenckenFan@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squarekylie_kraft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up104·2 years agoWanna explain why you were kissing the ring for two years then, Paul?
minus-squareAidinthel@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·2 years agoWhatever values they claim to hold, in the end conservatives only recognize one virtue: power.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years agoNot even. It has to be tyranny. They don’t respect power on its own.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoCowards crave power because it allows them to lash out at what they fear (ie everything)
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agoTax cuts. Remember when he helped pass a $1.5 trillion unfunded tax cut for the wealthy then resigned? That was the only issue he cared about, and he cared more about that than about being honest about Trump’s behavior
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years ago“I didn’t know” you will probably hear.
minus-squaretheodewere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agofor the tax cuts he promised to his wealthy backers
Wanna explain why you were kissing the ring for two years then, Paul?
Whatever values they claim to hold, in the end conservatives only recognize one virtue: power.
Not even. It has to be tyranny. They don’t respect power on its own.
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Cowards crave power because it allows them to lash out at what they fear (ie everything)
Tax cuts. Remember when he helped pass a $1.5 trillion unfunded tax cut for the wealthy then resigned? That was the only issue he cared about, and he cared more about that than about being honest about Trump’s behavior
“I didn’t know” you will probably hear.
for the tax cuts he promised to his wealthy backers