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MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell has a reputation as a liberal bomb thrower (and hater of hammering). And during Wednesday’s edition of The Last Word, he had his claws out for House Speaker Paul Ryan who earlier that day announced he was retiring. According to the MSNBC host, Ryan was a worse speaker than pedophile Dennis Hastert and the pre-Civil War speakers who owned slaves; all because “they were all more effective in their job as speaker than Paul Ryan,” who wouldn’t oppose Trump.
O’Donnell kicked off his diatribe smearing Ryan by mocking how “Donald Trump has destroyed Paul Ryan's life.” “And as Paul Ryan so clearly realizes, Donald Trump is on his way to destroying Republican control of the House of Representatives,” he continued. “The big blue wave is looking so big, so overwhelming to Paul Ryan that he has formally publically finally given up even pretending he might run for re-election to Wisconsin House seat.”
“And so, Paul Ryan will take his seat as simply the worst of this country's speakers of the House of Representatives,” O’Donnell declared. He asserted that Ryan had “earned that place in history” because of his “unrelenting cowardice” in not using his power to stand up against President Trump, who was out of control.
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