Supervisor Taylor Congratulates Speaker Ryan for his Leadership
Shares Ryan's Concerns about Divisions Wrought by Identity Politics
MILWAUKEE – County Supervisor Steve F. Taylor thanked Speaker Paul Ryan for his service and warned against the damaging effects of identity politics waged by political actors in Milwaukee County in a statement released today.
“I want to thank Speaker Paul Ryan for his service to the residents of the 1st Congressional District and for his leadership on behalf of the American people. I respect his decision to retire after his term ends in January of 2019 and the reasons for it.
“I have known Paul since he first ran for Congress in 1998 when I met him at the GOP State Convention. Back then he was 28 and I was 22. Paul never forgot where he came from and he never let the job get to his head, no matter how far he travelled up the political ranks. He has set an example for how to conduct oneself as an elected official, and it’s an approach I’ve tried to emulate as a Milwaukee County Supervisor.
“As I prepare to leave the office of Milwaukee County Supervisor and reflect on the changes I have seen during my six-year tenure, I’m struck by how Speaker Ryan’s assessment of identity politics and the danger it poses to democracy rings true in Milwaukee County.
“In my time here, I have seen Milwaukee County politics become more partisan and more divisive, as a result of the identity politics that some engage in. We just had an election season where County Executive Chris Abele used nearly $1 million of his vast personal wealth to defeat those who are critical of him in a manner that turned once civil local elections into gutter politics.
“Instead of promoting a positive vision, my constituents and many others across the county were bombarded with negative rhetoric that played upon people’s divisions. I only hope that the residents of Milwaukee County consider this the next time Chris Abele is on the ballot.”
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.
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It seems appropriate to anyone who has followed Taylor’s drive to trade in political access via his position that he’d have a stated “Bromance” with Paul Ryan. Ryan, whose picture is next to the Urban Dictionary definition of “Tool”, is also the playbook author of identity politics, the textbook case of letting a role go to ones head, and a devout failure to everyone but the 1% he catered to. He would have thoroughly and brutally lost a re-election bid. Taylor, like Ryan, was obviously in over his head and the voters saw that, as well as seeing through his false ‘get-it-done’ tough guy persona.
Abele has the financial freedom to endorse candidates just like any of us, the scale of which is less of a question here for me than the ‘why’. Each candidate that drew opposition funding was running against proven horrible choices like Taylor and Lipscomb. Lipscomb is utterly transparent that he wants Abele’s job, yet utterly opaque in demonstrating any skill or competency that would secure it for him…..other than identity politics and red-meat baiting.
let’s all hope that never works.