Paul Ryan’s Democratic challenger Randy Bryce has a GENIUS plan… He’s gonna STARE THE CRAP OUTTA RYAN.
Yeah, really.
That’s not creepy at all, Randy. You do you.
Ryan challenger to stare at him from gallery at State of the Union https://t.co/YIEKAmPLbp via @IsaacDovere pic.twitter.com/YUEaUx0VqN
— POLITICO (@politico) January 30, 2018
According to Politico:
The State of the Union is: trolling.
Democrat Randy Bryce will be sitting in the House gallery, but he hopes the shot from the State of the Union that people back in his Wisconsin district pay attention to is House Speaker Paul Ryan applauding in the frame behind President Donald Trump.
“They’re working together, and the fact that they’re going to be standing so close to each other — Paul Ryan is literally going to have Donald Trump’s back — which is pretty much the way it’s been going for this past year,” said Bryce, who’s running against Ryan for his House seat back in Wisconsin.
The appearance will be paired with a new ad Bryce will air during the coverage of the speech on MSNBC attacking Ryan for working with Trump on the tax bill. Bryce’s campaign says 30 of the spots for the ad buy are in Wisconsin, but there are five additional spots airing in Seattle and San Francisco, in an acknowledged attempt to appeal to potential donors to counter Ryan’s own national fundraising base.
Dear LORD… How DARE Trump and Ryan work together to give you a tax cut?!?!
Companies ALL OVER THE COUNTRY are laying off employees and shutting down!
…Oh, wait. They’re giving people bonuses and upping their wages? I’m confused, Randy. What’s the issue, again?
Bryce is the official guest of Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) who’s been holding supplemental town halls in Ryan’s district for months. They cooked up the stunt to push the idea that Ryan has been an absent presence in the district, ducking public events.
“Let me be a reminder of the district that he has decided not to represent for the last couple of years,” Bryce said. “I’m not coming here to do anything disruptive. I’m coming here to go back to the 1st district and let them know what’s going on, because Paul Ryan won’t do that.”
Leave it to the Dems to turn this into a third-world political spectacle. Typical crap.
Ryan’s fellow Wisconsin Republican Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner called the invitation “disrespectful and out of bounds.”
Bryce, sitting in a hotel lobby shortly after arriving in Washington on Monday night laughed that off.
Right. A dude who threatens to stare at someone all night probably doesn’t really care about what’s “disrespectful and out of bounds.”
Twitter’s response to this is FABULOUS:
https://t.co/2913SFiu22 pic.twitter.com/8nGdQK6cBG
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 30, 2018
🎶Every tax cut you make, every Obamacare repeal you try, I will be watching you🎶
— AV (@verma_30) January 30, 2018
This could work if he has a twitchy eye. Have you ever been stared down by an eye twitcher? It’s frightening.
— Pete Bosco (@pete_bosco) January 30, 2018
— Bob B (@p8riot) January 30, 2018
Good plan, guy that looks like the chunky villain from the movie, “Commando”. pic.twitter.com/bi8ABKfaqd
— Deebs 🏈🍺🥓🇺🇸 (@DeebsFTL) January 30, 2018
Ryan Challenger To Stare At Him Through His Bedroom Window At 2 a.m. To Own the Republicans
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) January 30, 2018
— Nellie Mack (@NellieMackie) January 30, 2018
— The One On The Right (@The1onTheRight) January 30, 2018
And my personal favorite, for perfect snark through simplicity:
Classic Alpha move.
— Radioactive Man (@MetricButtload) January 30, 2018
DEAD.