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Paul Ryan Celebrates a Secretary Saving $1.50 Per Week... Actually

February 5, 2018
Blog Post
Over the weekend, Speaker Ryan bragged on Twitter about a high school secretary in Lancaster, Pennsylvania getting a raise of $1.50 per week as evidence that the #GOPTaxScam is working.  No, we are not joking.

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Paul Ryan was so widely and swiftly ridiculed for this that he deleted the tweet.  But doing this can't hide the fact that he seriously thinks that tiny raises for a hard-working Americans while corporations pocket billions shows success.

Media outlets from across the country took notice of Paul Ryan's absurdity:

Arizona

KPNX Channel 12: House Speaker Paul Ryan's Costco tax cut tweet draws taunts — especially from Democrats

KTAR 92.3 FM: Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

California

ABC Channel 7: House Speaker Paul Ryan under fire for deleted tweet on GOP tax cuts

Fresno Bee: Paul Ryan ridiculed on social media for bragging about secretary's tiny raise under GOP tax cut

KCAL Channel 9: Paul Ryan Tweets About Woman's $1.50 A Week Raise Then Deletes It

KTLA: Paul Ryan Deletes Tweet That Praises Tax Cuts by Touting $1.50 in Weekly Savings

Sacramento Bee: Paul Ryan deletes tweet celebrating woman's $1.50 weekly raise tied to GOP tax bill

SF Gate: Paul Ryan Trashed for Tweet That Suggested $1.50 Per Week Pay Hike Is a Success of Tax Bill

San Diego Union Tribune: Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

Colorado

Denver Post: Paul Ryan celebrated the tax cut with a tweet about a secretary saving $1.50 a week

Connecticut

Hartford Courant: Paul Ryan celebrated the tax cut with a tweet about a secretary saving $1.50 a week

New Haven Register: Paul Ryan Tweets About Someone's $1.50 Bump After GOP Tax Overhaul

District of Columbia

Washington Examiner: Paul Ryan mocked by Twitter users over now-deleted tweet celebrating $1.50 pay raise

WTOP 103.5 FM: Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

WUSA Channel 9: House Speaker Paul Ryan Slammed On Social Media For Tweet on Pay Hike

Florida

Florida Times-Union: Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

Miami Herald: Paul Ryan deletes tweet celebrating woman's $1.50 weekly raise tied to GOP tax bill

WTSP Channel 10 (Tampa Bay, FL): Ryan tweets about woman's $1.50 pay increase in tax overhaul, then deletes it

Georgia

WLTZ First News: Paul Ryan Deletes Tax-Cut Tweet

WSB-TV Channel 2: Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

Illinois

ABC 7 Eyewitness News: House Speaker Paul Ryan under fire for deleted tweet on GOP tax cuts

Chicago Tribune: Paul Ryan celebrated the tax cut with a tweet about a secretary saving $1.50 a week

Fox32: GOP Rep. Paul Ryan celebrates woman's $1.50/week pay raise thanks to tax overhaul

Iowa

KWWL Channel 7: Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

Kansas

Kansas City Star: Paul Ryan deletes tweet celebrating woman's $1.50 weekly raise tied to GOP tax bill

Wichita Eagle: Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

Louisiana

NOLA: Paul Ryan ridiculed for bragging about secretary's $1.50 raise under GOP tax cut

Massachusetts

Boston Globe: Paul Ryan tweets about $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

WHDH Channel 7 (Boston, MA): Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

Mississippi

WTVA: Paul Ryan Deletes Tweet About Tax Cuts After Twitter Backlash

Nebraska

WOWT Channel 6: Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

New Jersey

Press of Atlantic City: Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

New Mexico

Albuquerque Journal: Paul Ryan ridiculed on social media for bragging about secretary's tiny raise under GOP tax cut

New York

ABC7NY: House Speaker Paul Ryan under fire for deleted tweet on GOP tax cuts

New York Daily News: Paul Ryan ridiculed on social media for bragging about secretary's tiny raise under GOP tax cut

NY Daily News: A-Paul-ing lack of feeling for poor

North Carolina

Herald-Sun: Paul Ryan deletes tweet celebrating woman's $1.50 weekly raise tied to GOP tax bill

North Dakota

Valley News Live: Paul Ryan tweets about woman's $1.50 pay increase in tax overhaul, then deletes it

Ohio

NBC4i: Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

WFIN 1330 AM: House Speaker Paul Ryan under fire for deleted tweet on Republican tax cuts

Oregon

Central Oregon: House Speaker Paul Ryan under fire for deleted tweet on Republican tax cuts

Pennsylvania

Lancaster Online: Lancaster woman bemused by mention in viral Paul Ryan tweet

Penn Live:  Paul Ryan tweets, un-tweets about Lancaster secretary's $1.50 weekly tax-bill boost

TribLive: House Speaker Paul Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

York Daily Record: Paul Ryan deletes tweet touting tax bill that gave Lancaster woman $1.50/week raise

WPVI Channel 6: House Speaker Paul Ryan under fire for deleted tweet on GOP tax cuts

Rhode Island

Providence Journal: Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

WPRO 99.7 FM: House Speaker Paul Ryan under fire for deleted tweet on Republican tax cuts

Tennessee

               B97.5: House Speaker Ryan deletes tweet praising $1.50 pay increase

WKRN: Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

Texas

CW39: Paul Ryan deletes tweet about tax cuts after Twitter backlash

KPRC Channel 2: Paul Ryan deletes tweet about tax cuts after Twitter backlash

Longview News-Journal: Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

Utah

Salt Lake Tribune: Paul Ryan celebrated the tax cut with a tweet about a secretary saving $1.50 a week

Vermont

WVNY Channel 22: Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

Virginia

Free Lance-Star: Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

Washington

Daily Herald: Paul Ryan celebrates a secretary's tax cut of $1.50 a week

Seattle Times: Paul Ryan touts secretary's $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes tweet

Wisconsin

Capital Times: Morning briefing: Paul Ryan deletes tweet touting woman's $1.50-a-week raise as proof of tax bill's success

La Crosse Tribune: Ryan tweets about a $1.50 paycheck boost, then deletes it

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Paul Ryan deletes tweet touting woman's $1.50-a-week raise as proof of tax bill's success

Wisconsin Gazette: Twitter blows up over Paul Ryan's congratulatory tweet about woman saving $1.50 on taxes