Randy Bryce: Speaker Ryan Hasn't Been Speaking For Our District | Hardball

CONGRESS. HIS OPPONENT, REPUBLICAN SPEAKER
OF THE HOUSE, PAUL RYAN. BRYCE ANNOUNCED HIS RUN LAST
MONDAY. HIS FIRST CAMPAIGN AD IS GOING
VIRAL. TAKE A LOOK.
>> I'VE SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFE IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.
I CAN SEE WHAT PEOPLE NEED. I CAN DO SO MUCH MORE, AND I
WILL DO SO MUCH MORE TAKING MY VOICE, TAKING OUR VOICE AND WHAT
WE NEED TO WASHINGTON, D.C. I DECIDED TO RUN FOR OFFICE
BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY'S SEATED AT THE TABLE AND IT'S TIME TO
MAKE A BIGGER TABLE. I'M THE BEST PERSON TO REPRESENT
THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE I'M A WORKING PERSON.
>> WELL, BRYCE WANTS TO TRADE PLACES, OF COURSE, WITH SPEAKER
RYAN TO REPRESENT WISCONSIN'S FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
IT'S IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE STATE.
IT'S A SEAT RYAN HAS HELD SINCE WINNING IT IN 1998.
RUNS FROM LAKE MICHIGAN IN THE EAST, SOUTH OF MILWAUKEE, WEST
OF JAYNESVILLE. I'M JOINED BY DEMOCRAT FOR
CONGRESS, RANDY BRYCE. GREAT AD.
YOU STRIKE ME, MR. BRYCE, AS THE KIND OF GUY OR WOMAN WHO VOTED
FOR TRUMP. A WORKING GUY WHO'S A LITTLE
TICKED OFF AT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY FOR BEING A LITTLE TOO
CULTURALLY ELITIST. YOU'RE STICKING WITH THE PARTY
AND YOU'RE REPRESENTING IT, YOU HOPE TO, AGAINST TRUMP'S GUY,
PAUL RYAN. EXPLAIN.
>> WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
HAPPY MONDAY, CHRIS. >> THANK YOU.
>> THE THING IS THAT SPEAKER RYAN ISN'T -- HE MIGHT BE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, BUT HE'S NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF
WORKING PEOPLE'S HOUSES. HE HASN'T BEEN PRESENT IN THE
DISTRICT FOR OVER 600 DAYS AND YOU HAVE THIS HORRIBLE -- IT'S
NOT EVEN REALLY A HEALTH CARE BILL, BUT HE'S TRYING TO TAKE
AWAY HEALTH CARE. THE PEOPLE IN THE FIRST
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ARE WORKING HARDER AND WE'RE HAVING
LESS TO SEE FOR IT. >> HE'S KIND OF AN IRON RAND
IDEA OE >> HE'S KIND OF AN IRON RAND
YE
IDEOLOGUE. SHE BELIEVES IN EVERY MAN FOR
HERSELF. PAUL RYAN BELIEVES IN TOTAL
UTTER SELF-RELIANCE. >> AT ONE POINT I UNDERSTAND HE
MADE HIS STAFF READ ANN RYAN. >> A SHRUG PROBABLY.
>> CORRECT. CORRECT.
AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT MAKERS AND TAKERS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I'VE SPENT THE LAST 20 YEARS OF MY LIFE AND ALL
MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SPENT THE LAST 20 YEARS OF THEIR LIVES
CONTRIBUTING TO OUR SOCIETY, CONTRIBUTING TO THE FIRST
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, BUILDING THINGS, YOU KNOW, AND NOT ONLY
IS HE TAKING STUFF AWAY FROM US BUT HE WON'T FACE US.
IF WE WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN WASHINGTON, WE HAD
TO ASK REPRESENTATIVE MARK PULCAN TO COME IN.
WE HAD TWO MEETINGS THAT WERE PACKED, PEOPLE JUST DYING TO
KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND WE HAVE NO IDEA.
AS I SAID BEFORE -- >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU SAID
600 DAYS YOU HAVEN'T SEEN HIM. THAT'S A STRONG INDICTMENT.
WHERE'S RYAN BEEN FOR 600 DAYS. THAT'S TWO YEARS?
>> HE HASN'T HAD ANY PUBLIC TOWN HALLS WITHIN THAT TIME.
IT'S BEEN OVER 600 DAYS. BUT HE'S HAD OVER 50 EVENTS.
SOME EVENTS WHERE HE'LL CHARGE $10,000 TO HAVE A PICTURE TAKEN
WITH HIM. >> I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A
TECHNICAL QUESTION. LAWYERS ARE UNIQUELY ELIGIBLE TO
RUN FOR OFFICE THEY CAN BE OF COUNSEL TO A LAW FIRM TO RUN FOR
OFFICE. VERY FEW PEOPLE CAN DO THAT.
HOW DO YOU AS A GUY GETTING PAID FOR A WAGE GET ENOUGH FREE TIME
TO RUN FOR U.S.U.S. CONGRESS. HOW DO YOU DO IT?
>> WELL, IT'S DIFFICULT. I'VE SPENT EVERY POSSIBLE MINUTE
THAT I CAN CAMPAIGNING. LUCKILY I BELONG TO THE IRON
WORKERS UNION AND THEY PAY A VERY GOOD WAGE.
THERE'S TIMES IN THE WINTERTIME DEPENDING ON -- IT'S BEEN CALLED
SOMETIMES THE BEST PART-TIME JOB THAT THERE IS.
IT'S DEPENDENT ON WEATHER. WE DON'T OFTEN GET A 40-HOUR
WEEK. IF IT'S A GOOD WEEK, WE CALL IT
A RINGER. THANKS TOO BELONGING TO A UNION.
>> MAYBE THERE'S A GOOD SIDE TO NOT W WORKING 40.
I'M VERY IMPRESSED BY YOUR AD CAMPAIGN.

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