House Speaker Paul Ryan said Monday that Hillary Clinton’s debunked claims from the Saturday night debate are just the latest example of why people need to hold politicians accountable.
Clinton said Saturday that the Islamic State was using video of Donald Trump’s speeches to recruit more terrorists, a claim that was quickly debunked. Radio host Hugh Hewitt said Clinton’s claim was “just a lie,” and Ryan seemed to agree.
“I think the fact checkers got her before the debate was over,” he said.
“I think we all need accountability,” he said. “We need to make sure that people cannot get away with just fabricating things in the public life.”
“And that, to me, just tells you, if you want the party of national security, if you want the party that’s gonna be strong, that’s gonna take the fight to ISIS, that’s gonna fully and thoroughly rout and finish off ISIS, then you know what party it is, it’s our party,” he said.
Ryan also used his time on the show to defend the omnibus spending bill, which many conservative Republicans have rejected as something that will let the government spend too much money. Ryan, however, said it was a necessary deal done with Democrats to ensure more defense spending, and also meet other GOP priorities.
“I think we made the best of the situation,” he said. “We got military done the way we wanted it to be done, which was our highest priority.”
“We got pro-life riders. We got the oil export ban lifted permanently, something we’ve been trying to do for decades,” he said. “We got permanent tax relief for families with small businesses.”
“We put a stop on the IRS and their ability to use the IRS as a political weapon to meddle in campaigns like they did in 2012,” he added.
