He comes from a sordid lineage of capitulation and appeasement, going back to Dennis Hastert, followed by John Boehner and Paul Ryan.

Source: https://www.gopusa.com/rinos-to-grassroots-america-shut-up-know-your-place/

Previous Republican efforts to reach such a goal, then led by former Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., proposed drastic cuts to agencies, significant reductions to the federal workforce and slashing benefits for federal employees.

Source: https://www.govexec.com/management/2023/01/mccarthys-deal-secure-speakership-puts-agencies-risk-severe-budget-cuts/381600/

The McCarthy House procedurally is just as top-down (or more) as the House of Nancy Pelosi or Paul Ryan: Deals that produce bills are organized by the speaker or his representatives, not hashed out through a committee process.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/04/30/opinion/opinion-contributor/kevin-mccarthys-success-comes-at-a-price/

Trump also attacked DeSantis as “a globalist sellout and Paul Ryan and Karl Rove acolyte,” referring to the former Speaker, a relative moderate, and the well-known Republican strategist.

Source: https://www.onnradio.com/2023/07/08/the-memo-desantis-tries-to-shift-narrative-after-campaign-criticism/

Trump said the GOP was once "ruled by freaks, neocons, open-border zealots and fools," and promised the party was "never going back to the party of Paul Ryan, Karl Rove, and Jeb Bush."

Source: https://theweek.com/instant-opinion/1021574/4-lessons-from-cpac

We need not speculate about the future when in fact this is what occurred when Republicans controlled the trifecta of government with Donald Trump as president, McConnell as Senate majority leader, and Paul Ryan as speaker of the House.

Source: https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/commentary-lets-face-it-the-gop-is-the-problem