Samantha Bee’s takedown of Paul Ryan on the latest Full Frontal is her effort to show that the current Speaker of the House is a man of principle. One principle and one principle only. He’s the “loyal huskie” that is lauded as the “conscience of the Republican party,” which Bee compared to thinking that Moe is the smartest of The Three Stooges. It’s a segment full of punches like that, with Bee prancing through Ryan’s personal history and role in Congress to sarcastically give the spotlight with a “Portrait of Courage.”
Not only do we get to find out that Ryan was voted “biggest brown noser” by his high school class, but we get to see that it didn’t just end in high school. Paul Ryan has been proven to be someone who will stand beside any number of unsavory types in an effort to further an agenda or help out the GOP. The 2016 campaign alone showed how much Ryan can stomach from certain people, the president in this case, and still come out on the other side acting like nothing is wrong. He spent plenty of time criticizing the Trump campaign and its supporters like David Duke but decided to support Trump once it became clear he’d win the nomination. As Bee says, it was like watching Taylor Swift pretend to be surprised when she wins at an award show.
From there it’s a wave of Vanilla Ice references and Grover Norquist revealing the House Republican secret for all to see. If they could get Cthulu into office to sign these bills, they’d all support him and Paul Ryan would likely be at the front of the line.
(Via Full Frontal)