Rep. Tim Ryan Abuses COVID Proxy Voting Rule to Hit Campaign Trail

Jul 14, 2022 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    94% Extremely Conservative

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  • Politician Portrayal

    94% Negative

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"The Washington Free Beacon reported in February that Ryan was fundraising in Los Angeles during the Super Bowl:Rep. Tim Ryan (D., Ohio), who has proxy voted 60 times, was in Los Angeles fundraising for his U.S. Senate campaign the day after the Super Bowl."
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38% Conservative
"The Washington Free Beacon reported in February that Ryan was fundraising in Los Angeles during the Super Bowl:Rep. Tim Ryan (D., Ohio), who has proxy voted 60 times, was in Los Angeles fundraising for his U.S. Senate campaign the day after the Super Bowl."
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38% Conservative
"However, Ryan tweeted pictures from multiple events on Wednesday, the same day Beyer proxy voted for him:At 10:58 a.m. ET, he tweeted a picture of himself meeting constituents at a coffee shop in Portage County."
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16% Conservative
"However, Ryan tweeted pictures from multiple events on Wednesday, the same day Beyer proxy voted for him:At 10:58 a.m. ET, he tweeted a picture of himself meeting constituents at a coffee shop in Portage County."
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16% Conservative
"We're going to see people everywhere, meeting them and learning about their communities and what the opportunities are in these communities, Ryan said last month...."
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10% Conservative
"This isn't the first time Ryan has done something like this."
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0% Conservative
"Even though his constituent office was closed, Ryan told local reporters that he is busy campaigning in-person."
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-8% Liberal
"Despite Ryan keeping his Ohio office closed, he says he is ruing a campaign based on looking people in the eye, tell[ing]"
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-10% Liberal
"Tim Ryan has spent 20 years in Washington, DC living off the taxpayers' dime, while accomplishing nothing except renaming a few buildings, Vance stated."
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-10% Liberal
"He still campaigned in person:In Ohio, congressman Tim Ryan, who is ruing for Senate, had his in-district office closed."
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-12% Liberal
"Ohio U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) skipped in-person voting in the House of Representatives on Wednesday due to the ongoing public health emergency but attended in-person campaign events in Ohio on the same day."
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-14% Liberal
"The Free Beacon also reported in April that Ryan spent tens of thousands of dollars on rent with taxpayer-funded money but kept his Ohio constituent office closed during the coronavirus pandemic."
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-22% Liberal
"Ryan wrote in a letter to the Clerk of the House on Tuesday that he would be unable to physically attend proceedings in the House Chamber due to the ongoing public health emergency and allowed Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) to vote on his behalf."
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-36% Liberal
"Ryan wrote in a letter to the Clerk of the House on Tuesday that he would be unable to physically attend proceedings in the House Chamber due to the ongoing public health emergency and allowed Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) to vote on his behalf."
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-36% Liberal
"Ryan reportedly has a long track record of abusing the proxy voting system and using the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to waste taxpayer resources."
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-36% Liberal
"Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) recently extended proxy voting in the House, which a Free Beacon analysis confirmed is regularly abused by Democratic members of Congress who claim they need proxy voters due to the coronavirus while they travel the country for political fundraisers and events with Biden."
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-38% Liberal
"Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) recently extended proxy voting in the House, which a Free Beacon analysis confirmed is regularly abused by Democratic members of Congress who claim they need proxy voters due to the coronavirus while they travel the country for political fundraisers and events with Biden."
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-38% Liberal
"And on Wednesday, Beyer voted for Ryan twice, for Roll Call vote 303 and Roll Call vote 304, while he claimed to be unable to attend due to the ongoing public health emergency."
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-44% Liberal
"And on Wednesday, Beyer voted for Ryan twice, for Roll Call vote 303 and Roll Call vote 304, while he claimed to be unable to attend due to the ongoing public health emergency."
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-44% Liberal

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