Paul Ryan griped that Trump didn't pursue cuts to Medicare and other safety-net programs since they

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

were too unpopular

Paul Ryan has one big complaint about former President Donald Trump: He wasn't willing to pursue cuts to the safety-net programs Ryan had championed for years.

"He and I fought about Medicare and entitlement reform all the time," the former GOP House speaker said Wednesday at a book event at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. "It became clear to me there was no way he wanted to embrace that."

Ryan, now a visiting fellow at AEI, added: "It wasn't popular in his mind, and therefore it wasn't going to be pursued. That was always really frustrating to me."

Ryan was later asked about the unpopularity among voters of cuts Social Security and Medicare, a pair of safety-net programs that provide health and retirement benefits to older Americans. Conservatives like Ryan had long proposed shrinking federal spending on the programs by taking steps like raising the retirement age or privatizing large parts of them.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/paul-ryan-griped-that-trump-didnt-pursue-cuts-to-medicare-and-other-safety-net-programs-since-they-were-too-unpopular/ar-AAWFDGb

I'm glad both of you assholes are out of government.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Young Paul Ryan's family did well by Democratic policies.

He forgot about that when he became an adult and bought into personal gain by shorting public gain.

[Ocelot II]

2. So Trump wasn't evil *enough* for Ryan?

[a kennedy]

3. A total embarrassment from the State of Wisconsin......oh wait, they have had quite a few.....

McCarthy, Rinse Preibus, ROJO. 🤬 🤬 🤬

[Ohio Joe]

4. I'm shocked...

No... No I'm not, he is an evil fucker.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. This is why this famous ad targeted right at him

hit home.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. We are lucky that TFG is a dumbass

TFG could have done a ton of damage to safety net programs during the first two years of his term when the GOP controlled Congress

[struggle4progress]

7. "Yall come hold my beer while I pee on this here electric fence!"