RUMOR ALERT: Congressman Says Paul Ryan Could Resign As Speaker In The Next MONTH

Ahhhh the DC Rumor Mill. Always churning.

Sometimes it’s totally wrong… sometimes it’s right on the money…

and THIS is a pretty juicy rumor. So of course, I felt I should share with you.

Some Nevada Congressman is running his mouth to a local news station, and it’s ruffling some feathers.

According to Daily Mail:

A Nevada congressman told a local news station that there is a ‘rumor’ that Speaker of the House Paul Ryan could soon be resigning.

Representative Mark Amodei told Nevada Newsmakers on that Ryan is getting ready to resign in the next 30 to 60 days and he will be replaced by Representative Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana).

DANG. That IS big. Of course, Ryan’s office has already denied it.

Ryan’s office denied on Monday that he would be stepping down from his position.

‘The speaker is not resigning,’ Ryan spokeswoman AshLee Strong said in a statement.

But this Amodei dude seemed pretty convinced. He even points at Ryan’s future aspirations…

When asked why Ryan could resign now, Amodei suggested that he’s achieved long-sought goals and might want to move on to other challenges.

‘If I was just guessing, he wanted to do the tax bill,’ Amodei said, referencing Ryan’s success in herding shepherding tax reform through Congress last year.

‘You know, [former Speaker] John Boehner said the same thing: “Hey, when I checked all of the boxes I thought were important and I’m moving on to whatever else”.’

Amodei suggested that Ryan could consider running for president, despite Trump being up for re-election in 2020.

‘If it, in fact, is true, I know that Paul Ryan thinks he wants to play on the national stage in some capacity or another, so I don’t know what that means,’ Amodei said.

Um… where is he getting all of this?

Of course, Rep. Amodei might have gotten a liiiiiittle ahead of himself, so his office had to do a little damage control:

However, the congressman’s office stressed that Amodei was just stating a ‘rumor he had heard.’

‘His response to the question was made explicitly in the context of a rumor, nothing else,’ Amodei communications director Logan Ramsey said.

So if the rumor is true? …Scalise would probably take his seat, and that would be awesome.

Scalise is currently the House majority whip and is responsible for rounding up votes on various bills and issues.

He rose to fame after he was shot in June 2017 during practice for the congressional baseball team in Virginia. After being listed in critical condition, he recovered and returned to Congress in September 2017.

However his office denied he is contention to replace Ryan and said his priorities are elsewhere.

‘Whip Scalise is proud to serve alongside Speaker Ryan and fully supports him to remain Speaker,’ said Lauren Fine, Scalise’s spokeswoman.

‘Our whole leadership team is focused on working with President Trump to deliver more conservative wins for the country, and also ensuring we keep the majority so we can continue implementing President Trump’s agenda that is getting our economy back on track.’

Hmm… So that might be all this rumor is: a rumor.

But it came out of SOMEWHERE! So we’ll just have to wait and see how everything pans out.

At this rate, I wouldn’t be surprised, though. It seems like there’s a major shakeup in DC at least once a week…