Lou Dobbs Dances All Over Paul Ryan's Political Grave

Ed Mazza

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is the clear loser after President Donald Trump’s surprise deal with Democratic leaders to raise the debt ceiling, fund the government and provide aid to the victims of Hurricane Harvey.

And Fox Business anchor Lou Dobbs couldn’t be happier.

On Wednesday Dobbs celebrated what he called the “death of a RINO” (Republican In Name Only), trashing the House speaker in an extended monologue:

“The president not only took RINO Ryan to the woodshed but eliminated any need for any Republican to ever pretend again that Ryan is a real Republican in any way,” Dobbs said. “Or that any RINO has a political future after Mr. Trump simply booted the hapless fool of a speaker out of the way of those trying to get the nation’s business done.”

While slamming Ryan for leading a Congress that has “accomplished next to nothing” during his nearly two years as speaker, Dobbs offered some rare kind words for Democratic leaders.

See his full takedown above.

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Former FBI Director James Comey

Trump said that Comey, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-fires-james-comey_us_59123897e4b05e1ca202d173">whom he fired in May</a>, was lying during <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/james-comey-trump-testimony_us_59384767e4b00610547eaf09">testimony before Congress</a>&nbsp;and that he tried to use&nbsp;a dossier filled with uncorroborated, damaging information about Trump to&nbsp;pressure&nbsp;him.

Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe

The Times reported that Trump suggested McCabe, who served as acting FBI director for a few months in mid-2017, had&nbsp;a conflict of interest because McCabe's wife received a campaign donation during a 2015 Virginia Senate race from a PAC&nbsp;connected&nbsp;with Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat and friend of Hillary and Bill Clinton.
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein

The president accused Rosenstein of having conflicts of interest and said he was disappointed to learn&nbsp;that Rosenstein had worked as a federal prosecutor in&nbsp;Baltimore. "There are very few Republicans in Baltimore, if any," Trump said.
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Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III

Trump warned that Mueller would be crossing a line if the Russia investigation expanded into Trump's finances. Trump also said the special counsel&nbsp;had many conflicts of interest that&nbsp;Trump hadn't talked about yet, but&nbsp;would "at some point."
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