McClatchy DC Excerpt:
“People in southern Wisconsin know Paul Ryan and they know what he stands for,” said Zack Roday, a Ryan spokesman. “Janesville is his home, and his commitment will always be to the people he represents.”
Was that a trick answer? Because exactly who are the people he represents?
Here's what I mean:
The summer of 2010 was a time of great economic uncertainty for the manufacturing auto towns in the 1st Congressional District of Wisconsin. That summer was approximately one-and-a-half years after the GM plant in Janesville officially shut down, displacing about 10,000 workers region-wide. So it represents an important window of time for local leaders to collect solutions and schedule meetings to collaborate a path forward out of the crisis.
In Janesville, an auto town recovery meeting was created by the Obama White House for local representatives of labor, education, county, state and municipal governments, transportation and housing agencies, health and human services, law enforcement, environmental protection, business, science and technology industries to engage with federal officials about a path forward. Just about everybody, including a liaison from the White House was in attendance.
But the guy who represents the district in Congress and repeatedly called himself the area's federal go-to guy. Paul Ryan? That guy? He wasn't there. He never showed.
But that's not the complete story:
Shortly after those meetings were over, he was also invited to the Koch brothers compound for an important meeting in California to help with fund-raising strategy for the upcoming elections.
For the Koch brothers, Paul Ryan showed up in person.
For his hometown constituents working on economic recovery? He sent them a letter.
ADDITIONAL:
RNR - Everyone But Paul Ryan Showed Up
RNR - At The Crossroads, Paul Ryan's Hometown Facing a Death Spiral. But Where's Ryan?
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