Umm that's exactly what is happening. I spent the day responding to exactly that. It's literally unhinged people freaking out as he posted a message about Father's Day because they blame him for a policy he didn't institute, opposes, and is trying to fix.
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Replying to @AG_Conservative
I disagree that “they blame him for” accurately states the whole of the criticism, but I think you’re incredibly generous to claim unambiguously that it’s a policy he “opposes, and is trying to fix.”
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
They are blaming him for it and I'm not sure how speaking out several times against it and pushing 2 bills that would change the law 2 allow families to stay together during detention could be interpreted any other way.
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Replying to @AG_Conservative
They are blaming him for not speaking out or pushing back against many Trump actions that they see as leading up to this, and as such, his “efforts” now are seen as insufficient — particularly given immigration advocates’ past with him regarding addressing DACA.
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
In summary: Their dislike of Paul Ryan and his past political actions led them to flip out over him posting a Father's Day message. Which is exactly what I said at the start of this thread.
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Replying to @AG_Conservative
No. The whole point here is that people are protesting something happening on a daily basis that causes serious harm to families. They will keep protesting, daily. That you seem uninterested or unwilling to engage with that BASIS for the protest is what confounds me.
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
I have engaged with the actual debate on immigration several times, but that debate/protest doesn't require hysteria regarding everything a political opponent says or does.
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Replying to @AG_Conservative
And I’m saying, that I think you — and I — come from a place that is far different from those activists who are most clearly pressing Ryan on this. Are there random assholes? Of course. But, those with the ~cause~ behind their protest have much at stake here.
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Replying to @chrisgeidner @AG_Conservative
And you just dismissing that as hysteria seems ... ungenerous.
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Replying to @chrisgeidner
I'm not dismissing their concerns as hysteria. I'm dismissing references to concentration camps, stealing children, and comparing Ryan to a Nazi as hysteria. And I'm saying not everything needs to be political. Tweeting attacks at Ryan's Father's Day post won't change policy.
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Weird. You managed to have the entire conversation — including the initial tweet — by broad-brushing all criticism as the attacks and hysteria until now.pic.twitter.com/Di3vPXWvXM
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Weird that you didn't include the original tweet, which specifically references attacks on his Father's Day tweet for that: https://twitter.com/AG_Conservative/status/1008192365696311297 … And also ignore the 100+ tweets I have sent in the last 2 days specifically addressing the policy concerns related to this issue.
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Replying to @AG_Conservative @chrisgeidner
Yes, a lot of people have real concerns about the current policy. No, that doesn't mean that people reacting to a Father's Day post from Ryan by calling him an evil Nazi are justified in doing so. I can dismiss the latter without dismissing the former.
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