Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) unloaded on former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan after a Fox News interview in which the former Speaker called Donald Trump “unfit for office.”
Nehls released his statement to CNN’s Manu Raju.
“Paul Ryan you’re a piece of garbage. You’re a piece of garbage and we should kick you out of the party. … Don’t go spouting your mouth off and saying that you’re a conservative. You’re spitting in the face of the leader of our party. I mean grow up a little bit,” Nehls told Raju.
Earlier in the day, Ryan told Fox News that Donald Trump was “unfit for office.”
“I voted for him in 2016, hoping that there was gonna be a different kind of person in office. I do think character is a really important issue if you put yourself above the Constitution, as he had done,” Ryan said.
Ryan was asked if the events of January 6th had to do with his feelings towards Trump.
“That’s a part of it. I think it’s a contribution of factors, but I think it really is just character at the end of the day and the fact that if you’re willing to put yourself about the Constitution and oath you swear when you take into federal office — whether it’s president or a member of Congress, you swear an oath to the Constitution. And if you’re willing to suborn it to yourself, I think that makes you unfit for office,” Ryan said.
Watch the clip below:
GOP Rep. Troy Nehls, a staunch Trump supporter, told us in response to this: “Paul Ryan you’re a piece of garbage. You’re a piece of garbage and we should kick you out of the party. … Don’t go spouting your mouth off and saying that you’re a conservative. You’re spitting in the… https://t.co/2P6NuYvp4A
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 12, 2024
Fox News host Neil Cavuto, in a now-viral clip, told Ryan that Fox News viewers “don’t like you.”
Watch the clip below:
Best moment on Fox News in a long time.
Telling Paul Ryan to his face.
'Our viewers don't like you.'pic.twitter.com/AL0MVbj6Xy
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) June 12, 2024