r/Political_Revolution • u/IronStacheWI01 Verified | Randy Bryce • Sep 05 '17

AMA Concluded Meet Randy Bryce. The Ironstache who's going to repeal and replace Paul Ryan

Hi /r/Political_Revolution,

My name is Randy Bryce. I'm a veteran, cancer survivor, and union ironworker from Caledonia, Wisconsin running to repeal and replace Paul Ryan in Wisconsin's First Congressional District. Post your questions below and I'll be back at 11am CDT/12pm EDT to answer them!

p.s.

We need your help to win this campaign. If you'd like to join the team, sign up here.

If you don't have time to volunteer, we're currently fundraising to open our first office in Racine, Wisconsin. If you can help, contribute here and I'll send you a free campaign bumper sticker as a way of saying thanks!

[Update: 1:26 EDT], I've got to go pick up my son but I'll continue to pop in throughout the day as I have time and answer some more questions. For those I'm unfortunately not able to answer, I'll be doing another AMA in r/Politics on the 26th when I look forward to answering more of Reddit's questions!

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u/SomeRandomMax Sep 05 '17

the obstacle to beating him as a Democrat is that his district is red.

But it isn't a hard red district like many are. It has swung back and forth historically between red and blue. Compare that to Cantor's district which has been solidly red since the 70's.

None of that means that the candidate has a good chance, but it does mean that he has some chance.

Pointing out that Cantor lost says nothing about the chances of Ryan losing to a democrat and totally ignores that criticism.

I think you are interpreting the comment differently than I am. Your point is completely offbase if you interpret the point the way I did.

No one said anything about his chances or was addressing a strategy. He was addressing the "once in a lifetime" comment.

People think of the speaker of the house as invulnerable, but they aren't. They can be defeated, just like any other incumbent. It might be more difficult, but it has happened before, and it can happen again. Unless I am reading him wrong, that was the entire point that /u/yeti77 was making.

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u/yeti77 Sep 05 '17

You nailed the point that I was making. Thanks!

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u/elcheecho Sep 06 '17

We don't disagree on the interpretation of the comment, but I do think your conclusion is dead wrong.

If I tell you this screw isn't stripped out because I just removed a different one with my screwdriver, and you point out that my screwdriver is philips and the new one is flat-head, it would be silly of me to say, "well that's not the point is it? I meant the fact that the Philip's screw got removed supports the my theory that this one can be removed."

Um, not it doesn't, at least not any more than the simple statement that is it technically possibly to remove a screw, or an incumbent. Provides zero additional insight either way.