Here’s how retirees are handled at a Paul Ryan event: he’ll make fun of you and have you arrested

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From 2011: “As Congressman Paul Ryan cracked a joke about him, Tom Nielsen found himself face down on the floor being handcuffed by police. The 71-year-old retired plumber from Kenosha was thrown to the ground, placed in handcuffs, and arrested for trespassing and resisting arrest after objecting to Ryan’s plans to gut Social Security and Medicare during his congressman’s only public appearance scheduled during the August recess — a $15 Rotary Club luncheon in West Allis on Tuesday. Nielsen repeatedly told police that he wasn’t fighting them and that he didn’t want to make any trouble. He also told them several times that he had a broken shoulder. Police officers ignored his comments as they wrestled him to the ground despite his howls of pain.”

Transcript:

Ryan: Most of our debt in the future comes from our entitlement programs.

Senior: Hey, what is this entitlement program all about mister congressman? I paid into that for 50 years. My unemployment, and my Social Security, and my Medicare. And now you’re gonna…

Ryan: I hope he’s taking his blood pressure medication.

Bob Cesca: Get it? He’s old and cranky! I hope he’s taking his medication!* (*The medication I want to deny him with my Vouchercare program.)

Welcome to the Republican States of America.

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4 thoughts on “Here’s how retirees are handled at a Paul Ryan event: he’ll make fun of you and have you arrested”

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  2. Outrageous. But not unexpected from someone like Paul Ryan. He passed TWO bills in 13 years and one of those was for naming a Post Office in his district and the other was for bows and arrows. I had two dental implants in less time and in order to have a successful titanium post implanted, you have to wait for BONE to grow. What the heck was he doing besides sleeping in his office? It is not a Frat House, folks. It is The House of Representatives. He used his office like an apartment. That sounds like Socialism to me, wanting Uncle Sam to pay for your housing.

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