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