According to reports this morning, Squeaker of the House Paul "Lyin'" Ryan will not seek reelection to Congress, and is expected to make that announcement himself as early as today. In the upcoming mid-term elections, Ryan faced the real probability that the House of Representatives would flip to Democratic control, which would relegate him to minority leader. He also faced a well-financed and charismatic Dem challenger for his House seat in Randy Bryce. (Ryan's seat is already being re- rated as a tossup.)
Ryan was instrumental in passing the billionaire bonus bill, a.k.a. the overhaul of the U.S. tax code, last December. It was long a dream of Ryan's to reward his one-percenter benefactors =cough= Koch brothers =cough= ("the makers," according to his Ayn Rand philosophical roots) with deep tax cuts.
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BREAKING: Paul Ryan has decided not to run for Minority Leader.— Jason Kander (@JasonKander) April 11, 2018
Paul Ryan’s one real accomplishment as a politician was repeatedly conning gullible journalists https://t.co/IVWaAyhEuP— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) April 11, 2018
