A few days ago, the Associated
Press reported that Democrat U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan received
campaign donations over the years from drug distributors blamed for key
roles in the crisis.
AmerisourceBergen, McKesson, and
Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal Health, the three biggest drug distribution
companies in the U.S., donated a total of
$27,000 to Ryan’s campaign between 2007 and August of this year.
The three companies’
PACs have donated nearly $10.8 million combined to a wide range of candidates
across the U.S. since 2007, according to campaign finance figures compiled by
the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
The companies in
question recently finalized a $21 billion settlement with the state, local, and
Native American tribal governments and others over the toll of the opioid
crisis. This insulates the companies from thousands of lawsuits.
Ryan’s campaign
spokesperson attempted to downplay the significance of the donations, claiming
it was merely one-fifth of 1% of the $17 million Ryan raised this quarter alone.
But in principle,
accepting contributions from those that have a dubious record is questionable.
It signals support.
What has Ryan's
record on the drug crises been?
Ryan opposed
funding packages aimed at providing medical care to address the
problem. Ryan also opposed legislation meant to crack down on illegal fentanyl
trafficking.
Ryan missed nearly
a third of congressional votes while running for president.
He also skipped a vote in 2020 on legislation extending the Drug
Enforcement Administration’s temporary order listing fentanyl-related
substances as Schedule 1 controlled substances.
What about Ryan’s recent
visit to LA?
Earlier this Wednesday,
Ryan sent a letter to House clerk Cheryl Johnson and informed her that he would not be voting in person "due to the ongoing
public health emergency."
Despite this ‘public
health emergency’ Ryan
traveled to Los Angeles for a Wednesday night fundraiser expected to bring
in over $100,000.
The Washington Free
Beacon reported that one
of the hosts of Ryan's fundraiser is Mitchell Kamin. Kamim is an
LA-based litigator whose clients include the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic
Committee, which in 2020 attempted to avoid paying damages to the victims
of former U.S. women's national gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar. Nassar was
convicted in 2017 of systematically sexually abusing women and girls.
For months, Ryan
attempted to characterize J D Vance as an
outsider. However, Ryan had no compunctions about going to California to
replenish his campaign coffers.
But that is not all.
Back in 2019 after his Democratic primary presidential
debate, Ryan called for a ban on gas-powered cars
https://twitter.com/PhilipWegmann/status/1567512847990591488
However, Ryan's first
Senate campaign ad features him riding in a 2020 GMC Yukon, which
gets roughly 14 to 15 miles per gallon.
On the campaign
trail, Ryan drove a 15-mile-per-gallon Chevrolet Tahoe.
https://twitter.com/TimRyan/status/1386648125889208320
Like all Democrats,
Ryan doesn’t really believe in Democracy. He regards his political opponents as
enemies of the state.
During an appearance
on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Ryan said his party and, more generally, Americans need
to “kill and confront” what he described as an “extremist” movement within the
GOP. His target was obviously Trump supporters.
Like most
sanctimonious individuals, Ryan doesn't notice the irony of he is being
extremist by branding political opponents as extremists
https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1569674314466590721
Ryan is clearly in
agreement with Joe Biden that MAGA Republicans are the equivalent of semi-fascists.
But that is as far as
Ryan goes in agreeing with Biden, like most Democrats running for election,
Ryan has stayed away from Biden on the campaign trail.
When asked if he
thinks Biden should seek re-election in 2024, Ryan said it was it is time
for "generational
change" in leadership in the Democrat party.
But Ryan does completely
support the radical left policies that Biden or perhaps more
accurately Biden’s handlers are advocating. He voted 100% with Biden's far-left
ideas of the time
Let's delve into the
specifics
Since 2020, Ryan
voted to federalize elections, admit Washington, D.C., as the 51st state,
impose additional background checks on gun owners, and grant mass amnesty to
illegal immigrants
Ryan co-sponsored
legislation restriction state rights to legislate on abortion.
Ryan voted for
Biden’s $3.5 trillion "Build Back Better" Act, the $1.9 trillion
inflation-causing "American Rescue Plan, and the “Inflation
Reduction Act” that does little to combat
inflation but plenty to further the green new deal.
Ryan voted against
Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which caused unprecedented economic
prosperity in the US prior to the Democrat-led lockdowns and mandates following
the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ryan also opposed
Trump's bills to allocate funding for the border wall. Ryan voted against
legislation to expedite the deportation of illegal alien gang members. Ryan
also voted against legislation that prohibits abortion after 20 weeks of
pregnancy except in cases of incest and rape.
Ryan frequently
claims he is a reasonable bipartisan moderate who voted with
Trump on trade. But his voting record and his utterances demonstrate he is
just another radical intolerant far-left Democrat and a total conformist to the
Democrat groupthink.
A man is known by the
company he keeps and a politician is known by the endorsements he receives.
Who endorsed Ryan?
That
would be squad leader Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Hillary
Clinton.
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1521916395864346624
What about Ryan's GOP
challenger J D Vance?
The following can be learned from Vance's campaign website.
Vance stands against
reckless government spending, Biden’s open borders, and the hegemony of Big
Tech. He is advocating for energy independence and the restoration of the US as
a manufacturing hub. He has pledged to combat the drug and opioid epidemic. He
stands for America First and supports small businesses. He is pro-life and
supports the second amendment. He wants to bring Bidenflation under control. He
is in favor of Voter ID, signature verification on absentee ballots, and an end
to mass mail-in voting.
Ryan and his GOP
challenger J D Vance are locked in a tight contest for the coveted open Senate
seat being vacated by retiring
Republican Sen. Rob Portman.
It is critical that
Republicans retain this seat in order to retake the Senate.
Even a potted plant
would be better than the far-left Tim Ryan.
But J D Vance seems
to be in support of all that MAGA stands for.
This isn't a
difficult choice.
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