HLMenckenFan@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTrump is a ‘populist, authoritarian narcissist’, says ex-speaker Paul Ryanwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1178arrow-down14cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1174arrow-down1external-linkTrump is a ‘populist, authoritarian narcissist’, says ex-speaker Paul Ryanwww.theguardian.comHLMenckenFan@lemmy.worldM to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarekylie_kraft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up59·1 year agoWanna explain why you were kissing the ring for two years then, Paul?
minus-squareAidinthel@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoWhatever values they claim to hold, in the end conservatives only recognize one virtue: power.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoNot even. It has to be tyranny. They don’t respect power on its own.
minus-squarePugJesus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoCowards crave power because it allows them to lash out at what they fear (ie everything)
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year ago“I didn’t know” you will probably hear.
minus-squareprotist@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year 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-squaretheodewere@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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)
“I didn’t know” you will probably hear.
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
for the tax cuts he promised to his wealthy backers