SATIRE FROM ANDY BOROWITZ @ THE NEW YORKER: “Furious Koch Brothers Sell Paul Ryan on eBay”

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Furious Koch Brothers Sell Paul Ryan on eBay

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In a fit of pique, David and Charles Koch have unceremoniously listed House Speaker Paul Ryan for sale on the auction site eBay.

The Kochs, who reportedly had purchased Ryan for a sum estimated in the tens of millions, now seem likely to lose their entire investment.

According to Ryan’s listing on the auction site, the Kochs set a five-hundred-dollar asking price for the used congressman, a figure that, in light of the tepid bidding for him, seems optimistic.

“Granted, owning Paul Ryan doesn’t have the benefits that it’s had for David and Charles for all of these years, but the status of owning a former Speaker of the House has to be worth something,” one Koch associate said. “Certainly more than the current high bid of seventeen dollars.”

The eBay listing suggested several possible uses for the former House Speaker, including as a Halloween ornament or garden gnome.

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WARNING: THIS IS “FAKE NEWS” BUT COMES WITH MY ABSOLUTE, UNCONDITIONAL, MONEY BACK GUARANTEE THAT IT CONTAINS MORE TRUTH THAN THE AVERAGE TRUMP TWEET OR SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS NEWS BRIEFING, AND ALSO MORE FACTUAL ACCURACY THAN ANY REPORT PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF “AGENT DEVON!”

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Few politicians in recent memory have devoted their careers to more anti-American causes than Ryan. And he’s succeeded in doing some lasting damage. Tax cuts for the rich, destruction of the safety net for average Americans, huge budget deficits for the next generations. If it’s bad for most Americans, Ryan is right there to support it in behalf of his fat cat “owners.”   He should be remembered for his total spinelessness in the face of Trump’s evil — the unwillingness to speak truth to power when it counted.

Since Ryan has spent his entire life “on the dole,” he’s yet to earn an honest living of the type he thinks all other Americans should. But, I suppose that if the Kochs can’t sell him on e-bay, they might keep him on as a sort of pet lap dog.

PWS

04-11-18