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  • 2017-04-26 (xsd:date)
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  • Is Paul Ryan 'Out' as Speaker of the House? (en)
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  • On 19 April 2017, click bait web sites began to report that Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) is either no longer Speaker of the House, or about to be removed from his position. One such sensational headline reads, Paul Ryan No Longer Speaker? What He Just Found Out Has Him SPRINTING Out The Capitol Door! The body of the story, however, does not say Ryan was removed from his influential position, but instead says his low national approval rating may be impetus for fellow Republicans to do so. The story also promotes the opinion that he should be ousted because he doesn't promote President Donald Trump's agenda well enough: Ryan's spokeswoman AshLee Strong told us in an e-mail that he is not considering relinquishing his post as Speaker of the House. Ryan's national approval rating is sagging — a Pew Research poll showed him at 29 percent approval in early April 2017 — but he is not the only one struggling. Strong sent data that shows Ryan is not worse off than peers in both political parties: Meantime, Ryan remains relatively popular in his congressional district, Strong told us: President Trump's approval rating in the Pew Research poll was 39 percent — higher than Ryan's, but still far lower than his predecessors Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan during the same time period of their respective presidencies. Meanwhile, the public's overall view of both parties has worsened recently, according to Pew: A joint Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found that Americans' displeasure with Ryan and Congress overall has been dropping since the February 2017, after a brief positive uptick: Although there was at least one plot among some Republicans to remove Ryan from his post, as Politico reported on 16 November 2016, it was shelved when President Trump's won the November 2016 election: On 24 March 2017, the pro-Trump web sites reported there were discussions among Republicans in Washington about replacing the Speaker. The article was published the same day Congress failed to pass a bill repealing and replacing he Affordable Care Act (often referred to as Obamacare). Other than the conjecture of web sites and Twitter users, there's no evidence suggestion Ryan will be replaced as House Speaker any time soon, but instead that he has been the off-again, on-again target of trolling and bloggers pushing for his removal from the influential post. It is unclear whether there will be enough support for ousting him before he comes up for reelection. Ryan himself, according to his spokeswoman, has no plans to voluntarily leave. (en)
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