Wisconsin
Related: About this forumWalkers toady (Bryan Steil) is running to replace Paul Ryan on the message that
watch the Koch and Republican money start to flow into #WI01 now
John Nichols
@NicholsUprising
Scott Walker tried to eliminate the UWs Wisconsin Idea literally tried to strike it from the statutes. Now Walkers toady (Bryan Steil) is running to replace Paul Ryan on the message that he was Walkers pick for UW Board of Regents.
Steil is an unimaginably AWFUL prospect.
5:16 PM - 22 Apr 2018
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https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/22/bryan-steil-announces-run-speaker-paul-ryans-congressional-seat/525507002/
................Another GOP candidate is Jeremy Ryan, a liberal who frequently rode a Segway around the Capitol during the 2011 protests in Madison.
Democratic candidates in the race include ironworker Randy Bryce and Janesville School Board member Cathy Myers.
Bryce's campaign wasted no time slamming Steil as an out-of-touch political insider.
"It's hard to think of anyone less in touch with the struggles facing working families than a third-generation corporate attorney from a politically connected family," said campaign spokeswoman Lauren Hitt. "A former Ryan staffer and a current Walker appointee, Bryan Steil is part of the institutional Republican swamp that believes we should give tax breaks to the wealthy and pay for it by attacking working people's retirements and health care."
Myers also chimed in on Steil's announcement.
"Voters dont want another rubber stamp in Washington; they want a representative who will fight for them," she said, adding, "I am encouraged by Bryan Steils willingness to have a real conversation about the issues. I look forward to debating and letting voters decide who can best represent their values in Congress.
Bryan Steil Becomes GOP Front-Runner to Win Paul Ryan's Seat
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-04-22/bryan-steil-becomes-gop-front-runner-to-win-paul-ryans-seat
A former personal driver for House Speaker Paul Ryan who has been active in Republican politics in Wisconsin for years is running to succeed Ryan in Congress.
April 22, 2018, at 5:11 p.m.
U.S. News & World Report
Attorney Bryan Steil, a former driver for House Speaker Paul Ryan, announces he is running to succeed Ryan in Congress, Sunday, April 22, 2018, in Janesville, Wis. (Jake Magee/The Janesville Gazette via AP) The Associated Press
By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) A former driver for House Speaker Paul Ryan who has been active in Wisconsin Republican politics for years announced Sunday that he is running to succeed Ryan in Congress......................................
.............President Donald Trump won the district by more than 10 percentage points while winning statewide by less than a point. In the race for an open Wisconsin Supreme Court seat earliest this month, the conservative candidate won the district by over 5 points while losing statewide by 12..........................
CurtEastPoint
(19,090 posts)riversedge
(72,384 posts)Leghorn21
(13,691 posts)I want to take our Wisconsin work ethic and my problem-solving experience to Washington's non-stop crisis factory," he said.
Admittedly, this lawyer/driver guy can turn a nice phrase, but whose fucking CRISIS FACTORY are you talkin about here, cowboy?
...hang tough, Wisconsin!!
HelenWheels
(2,284 posts)If he is a liberal why is he running on the GOP ticket?
riversedge
(72,384 posts)they said he running on the gop ticket. I do not know why.