Michael Hiltzik: Paul Ryan's congressional career is ending, but his legacy of lies will survive
by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times
Apr 11, 2018
2 minutes
Say this for House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), who announced his pending retirement from Congress on Wednesday. Of all his powers, the ability to cloud Washington journalists' minds was the most remarkable.
Time after time, Ryan would be hailed as a sage: a budget wonk, a "reformer" of Social Security and Medicare, a defender of the poor. Time after time, he would articulate
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