Rep. Paul Ryan Blames Obama for Dividing America

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is mighty disappointed with President Obama. The chairman of the House Budget Committee, who has bested Obama in head-to-head policy showdowns, blames the president for failing to outline a solution to the debt crisis while dividing America with talk of class warfare.

Ryan's speech at Heritage yesterday made news for its strong critique of Obama. He sat down for an interview afterward to outline why he's so disheartened by Obama. Ryan also redefined how Americans should look at class warfare, taking aim at crony capitalism and the politically connected who drive American further into debt.

Despite the monumental challenges facing America, Ryan said he remains an optimist. He's hopeful the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction will include some of the House-passed budget reforms in its final report.

The interview runs 5 minutes. Hosted by Rob Bluey and produced by Kyle Tuckness with the help of Hannah Sternberg. For more videos from Heritage, subscribe to our YouTube channel.

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[jayers2]

Yes it was Obama's fault. The rhetoric coming from the other side of how Obama's a communist/ socialist/ fascist/ Muslim/ anti-american/ anti-Christ/ Maoist/ Stalin/ Hitler/ Kenyan has absolutely nothing to do with it. The party that openly said it was going to disagree with everything Obama said and did had nothing to do with it. The people who resort to petty name calling (Obummer, Odummer, Obozo, O' whatever the hell else) like a 5 year old have nothing to do with the divide in America.

[MinuteLeech2]

Question. What has the republicans done to adress the ecomony the past four years. If ryan is disapointed he should acturally try to adress the problem himself instead of automatically preventing any bills from passing.

[wangsta25]

Obama should not put Americans against each other. And fuck 47% of this population, they're just a bunch of socialist parasite moochers who hurt the holy job creators.

[w67bv2cxm]

Paul Ryan is a traitorous, worthless, candy-assed son of a Wisconsin bitch whore. And I'll be happy to stand on Mitt Romney's coffee table in my cowboy boots and state that for whoever wants to listen.

[Paul Revere]

BOTH PARTIES AER CORRUPT AND OWNED AND LOBBIED BY SPECIAL INTERESTS. IT'S ALL PHONY B.S. WHAT MATTERS IS WHATS RIGHT OR WRONG, NOT WHAT PARTY IS ON TEH HIGH HORSE.. PATHETIC.. WHEN WILL PEOPLE WAKE PU TO THIS? A MAJORITY OF AMERICA'NS ARE'NT EVEN AWARE WHAT "LOBBYING" MEANS..

[jonathon rosalia]

Paul Ryan for president would have been awesome he actually sounds like he knows what the hell hes talking about unlike the two bowls of shit we had in this election that just passed nothing he said just now was wrong if you have a clue about how things work obamas plan to tax the rich(and the rest of us) wont work spending needs to be reeled in and the holes in the tax laws need to be filled to stop the bleeding

[jonathon rosalia]

well if your head wasn't crammed in your ass like the rest of the drones that fallow him you could see obama has communist tendency's which makes him socialist im fairly sure he is muslim along with other religions and i think the #1 thing that divided America and set us back 20+years is his campaign that all white men are racists i dont see what you all see in him i think hes a side stepping shit head that cant answer a question without dancing around it and saying nothing but double talk

[bademoxy]

Personal responsibilty is the answer-stop buying chinese made shit at walmart.

Castrate delinquent philandering men who impregnate multiple women.sterilize 3rd generation welfare queens.

Convicted thieves including ponzi schemers should do forced labor like sorting garbage and recycling.

Cut medical benefits from 2nd generation welfare bums and give it to working poor.

[blue3katrin]

And what about rapists who ruin the lives of young girls? Is that a representation of the diseased nature of heterosexuality? And before you write off an entire sexuality, I think you should conduct a survey and ask 100 homosexual men if they have a history of molesting and harming children. Then you can come back here and make statements as if they were fact.