Paul Ryan is the third GOP speaker casualty in 20 years. The historic level of departures and dysfunction suggests we may be on the cusp of major political change. For the first 200 years of this nation’s history, only three House speakers resigned from office, all because they were accepting other political appointments. But in just the past 20 years, an equal number of House speakers, all of them Republicans, have decided to depart under very different circumstances.
Rep. Paul Ryan is voluntarily surrendering a job considered so important it is second only to the vice president in the line of succession to the presidency. That reflects some terrible truths about the state of American politics: House Republicans have become completely unmanageable, making it almost impossible for the GOP to govern. And Congress is more polarized and dysfunctional than it has been since the years before the Civil War.
Much of the coverage about Ryan’s decision focuses on the likelihood that Democrats will win a majority of seats and gain control of the House in November. Ryan is certainly the highest profile Republican not to seek re- election. But he joins a list of 30 others who are leaving at the end of this session or who have already done so, plus 13 Republicans who are leaving the House to run for the Senate or a governorship.
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Poster Comment:
Even the ultra-conservative House Speaker has had enough of the shitnado that is the "it's all about me!" administration....
How many more to come??
