Seth Meyers takes a humorous ‘Closer Look’ at Paul Ryan’s reluctance to accept the role of Speaker, although he has finally said ‘I do’ – now that his ‘bold list of demands’ has been met. John Boehner was understandably eager to hand down his gavel, but first he “cleaned the barn so it wasn’t full of you-know-what,” a goodwill effort that seemed lost on Ryan who didn’t realize that Bill O’Reilly was ready to “make him do it” if he continued to refuse the offer to take the job. One wonders how O’Reilly was going to accomplish that end – perhaps disseminate absurd photos of Ryan? It’s been done. By Ryan. Yes! They selected the guy in those embarrassing gym rat photos to be Speaker.
While Boehner did clear the way for Ryan, the Freedom Caucus remains – in part because they are invisible! I know, they’re loud, obstructionist azzhats, but they believe their group is secret…Is that adorable or what?! Boehner can’t be blamed for missing those hard-to-see spiders in the corners.
Ryan must feel like the most sought-after belle of the ball, but his background isn’t all prom crowns and homecoming floats. There was that incident in 2012 where he proposed a budget with 10 trillion in tax cuts, and no way to pay for it…And, Seth reminds us – there were those photos.
Referring to Ryan’s provocative photos, Seth warns Ryan: “You’re gonna need ALL that muscle to shovel the ‘stuff’ out of the barn.” We’ll be watching!