House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., in an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner, warned his fellow Republicans not to count on a wave this November as an excuse to avoid outlining an agenda.
“This idea of running as a referendum, assuming a wave, assuming you’ve got the wind at your back, assuming with an unpopular president we therefore by default will win, I don’t buy that,” the 2012 GOP vice presidential candidate said in the latest edition of the Examiner’s “Dialogue” video series. “I think you’ve gotta give people a reason to vote for you.”
Ryan explained, “I for one think you need to run on something. That’s why I wrote and passed four budgets in a row. That’s why I put ideas out there on a whole host of issues.”
The interview, which can be viewed in the video included in this post, also explores what Ryan would like to see the GOP do should they gain control of the Senate this November, and touches on tax reform and the prospects for repealing President Obama’s health care law and replacing it with an alternative.
