House Speaker Paul Ryan plans to warn a group of college Republicans that a Hillary Clinton presidency would make liberal government “an arrogant, condescending and paternalistic reality.”
Ryan will speak Friday afternoon to students at the University of Wisconsin and he plans to focus the talk on “the failure of liberal progressivism,” according to his aides.
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The speech comes as Donald Trump sinks in the polls, leading many political experts to conclude Clinton has a much greater chance than Trump of becoming the next president.
Ryan, R-Wis., will tell students to “take a step back” from the “ugliness” of the 2016 election to examine the different governing philosophies of the two parties.
“When Hillary Clinton says we are ‘stronger together,’ what she means is we are stronger if we are all subject to the state,” Ryan will tell students, according to excerpts obtained by the Washington Examiner. “What she means is we are stronger if we give up our ties of responsibility to one another and hand all of that over to government.”
It appears Ryan will promote the GOP’s “Better Way” agenda, not Trump.
The speech excerpts make no reference to Trump, who has in recent days been accused of sexual misconduct by several women.
“The America we want is about empowering people to flourish and thrive,” Ryan will tell students. “That is why we are taking to the country a bold agenda … a better way that means less government and more freedom … less apathy and more ambition … a way that offers the best of what liberty produces.”
But Ryan, who said he will no longer campaign with Trump or defend him, is not likely to escape having to talk about the party nominee.
Ryan’s speech will be followed by a question-and-answer session with students, moderated by Vicki McKenna, the on-air host of WIBA Madison/WISN Milwaukee.
Clinton is leading Trump by 6 points in Wisconsin, according to a polling average computed by RealClearPolitics.
