Let’s Talk About Tim Ryan, and that Ohio Senate Debate.
There was one moment that stood out in particular.
Every once in a while, a Democratic lawmaker will somehow manage to surprise us with a show of strength and political savvy. Granted, it doesn’t happen often, but it certainly grabs the attention when it does. Of course, I’ll be the first to admit I didn’t really expect one of those moments to come from Ohio congressman and senate candidate Tim Ryan.
Admittedly, he had a few good moments against his Trump endorsed GOP opponent, J.D. Vance.
One clip on social media certainly made the rounds, where Ryan said:
“…Just a few weeks ago in Youngstown, on the stage, Donald Trump said to J.D. Vance ‘all you do is kiss my a** to get my support.’ He said that, and that’s bad because that means J.D. Vance is gonna do whatever he wants. Mitch McConnell’s given him $40 million he’s gonna do what we wants, Peter Thiel gave him $15 million he’s gonna do what he wants, and here’s the thing that’s most troubling about this lack of courage. After Trump took J.D. Vance’s dignity from him on the stage in Youngstown, J.D. Vance got back up on stage started shaking hands taking pictures with him saying ‘hey, aren’t we having a great time here tonight?’ I don’t know anybody I grew up with, I don’t know anybody I went to high school with, that would allow somebody to take their dignity like that, and then get back up on stage. We need leaders who have courage to take on their own party, and I’ve proven that, and he was called an a** kisser by the former President.”
Well, let me just begin by saying Tim Ryan is far from my favorite politician, and that’s putting it mildly. He’s certainly not the pinnacle of courage he’s attempting to portray himself to be in this speech at the debate, and watching the man literally make a point of coming out against Biden’s plan to cancel student debt was probably one of the worst campaign moves I’ve seen from any Democrat this election season. The man is a stereotypical, cookie cutter, vapid Democratic politician, and there’s no denying it.
Having said all that, the piece of me that loves the dramatics of electoral politics couldn’t help taking notice of how he kept stressing how Donald Trump took away his…
