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Ryan: I Didn't Vote For Defense Cuts I Voted For
Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan has gotten in hot
water before for criticizing President Obama for the very same defense cuts
that he voted for in 2011. When confronted with this incongruity today on Face
The Nation, Ryan simply denied that he ever voted for the cuts, telling an
incredulous Norah O’Donnell that he didn’t actually vote for the cuts he’s on
record as voting for:
O’Donnell is, in fact, not mistaken. The Budget Control Act,
as passed, included both the roughly $600 billion in “sequestration” cuts that will happen if there’s
no compromise on the budget by December as well as the $487 billion of military-supported
cuts that
will take place regardless. The fact that Ryan may have wished that the bill
didn’t contain said defense cuts does not absolve him of the fact that he and 201 other Republicans voted
for the bill as-passed.
Moreover,
Ryan’s statement after voting for the bill contained not a single word of
criticism about the defense cuts. As O’Donnell correctly noted, Ryan said the bill “represents
a victory for those committed to controlling government spending and growing
our economy” and that “The agreement – while far from perfect – underscores the
extent to which the new House majority has successfully changed Washington’s
culture of spending.” It’s at best misleading, and at worst an outright lie,
for Ryan to assert that voting for the Budget Control Act did not mean voting
for defense cuts.
This is the thing with pathological liars, they cannot keep track
of the BS. What else is Paul "Eddie Munster" Ryan willing to lie about?
NFTOS
Editor-In-Chief
Roger West
