After weeks of backroom deals, Paul Ryan is the new Speaker of the House. After all the wrangling and gaffes, it wasn’t even close. He won by a landslide. He’s bad news. John Iadarola (Think Tank), Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show Podcast), and Margaret Howell (The Lip TV), hosts of the The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin was elected the 54th speaker of the House on Thursday, taking the gavel that he never sought to wield fromJohn A. Boehner, who relinquished it under fire.
Mr. Ryan received a comfortable margin of victory that included several of the hard-line conservatives who had worked to oust Mr. Boehner. In his address to Congress after the vote, he implored members who have been fighting so bitterly to find a way to work together. “Let’s be frank, the House is broken,” Mr. Ryan said. “We are not settling scores,” he added, “we are wiping the slate clean.””*
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