person. you might recognize his sister, rabbi dina finegold. hi, speaker ryan. given our shared upbringing, i m sure that you are as shocked as i am at the brazen expressions, public expressions of white supremacy, and anti-semitism that our country has seen since the november election. and our synagogue in kin osha has had to have extra security hired and we ve asked the police department to help us out, so people can feel comfortable coming to our synagogue to gather. so following up on what s been asked already, speaker ryan, as the leader of the congressional republicans, i d like to ask you what concrete steps that you will take to hold the president accountable when his words and executive actions either implicitly or explicitly condone, if not champion racism, and xenophobia. for example, will you support the resolution for censure? [ applause ]
first of all, dina s mom and dad, sylvia and leon, were close friends of my mom and dad s. our families have known each other for a longlong time. we are family friends. i will not support that. that would be so counterproductive. if we descend this issue into some partisan hackfest, into some bickering against each other, and demean it down to some political food fight, what good does that do to unify this country? we want to unify this country against this kind of hatred and this kind of bigotry. so i think that would be the absolute worst thing to do. what i said on tuesday and monday and what he said just a half hour ago, all of us have to do better. and more importantly, that right
work, never discourage work and make sure we can customize benefits so we can get people out of poverty. that, to me, plus a stronger growing economy. making sure we re not taxing companies overseas so they stay here. you know, the foxconn deal was a perfect example. foxconn we re going to get to that okay. in the next i can get going. the point i m saying, sister, that s how i practice my values and faith and prince principles. the status quo has not been working and i think we can do better. we re going to take a break. we lbe back with more of cnn s town hall with speaker ryan. if you could book a flight, then add a hotel, or car, or activity in one place and save, where would you go? expedia gives you the world in your hand,
example, we do this ourselves. so we define ourselves by our own actions and we re in control of our own actions. do i wish there would be a little less tweeting? of course, i do. but i think i don t think it s going to change. i think the president feels, and he rightfully feels he has found a way to communicate directly with people around the media, and i think he s been very successful at doing that. are some of those tweets i prefer not have to have seen? of course, there are. at the end of the day, what i control are my own actions. how i look at myself in the mirror, kiss my kids to bed at night where i live in janesville, wisconsin. dina s brother just moved two blocks away from me. i live with my family on the block i grew up in janesville, wisconsin. we go to mass at the church i was baptized in that my kids go to school in. and so this is who we are and where we re from, and we raise our kids well in this community and so i think it s really important that we lead by
implicitly or explicitly condone, if not champion racism, and xenophobia. for example, will you support the resolution for censure? [ applause ] first of all, dina s mom and dad, sylvia and leon, were close friends of my mom and dad s. our families have known each other for a long, long time. we are family friends. i will not support that. that would be so counterproductive. if we descend this issue into some partisan hackfest, into some bickering against each other, and demean it down to some political food fight, what good does that do to unify this country? we want to unify this country against this kind of hatred and this kind of bigotry. so i think that would be the absolute worst thing to do.