RIP ex-Illinois AG Jim Ryan, a principled conservative who jeopardized his political career decades ago by supporting restrictions on assault weapons

[basquebromance]

he was the GOP nominee for Governor in 2002 and lost famously to Blagojevich before Blago went to jail

Jim Ryan, two-term Illinois attorney general, former GOP governor nominee, dead at 76

In 2002, Mr. Ryan passed up a possible third term as attorney general and ran for governor, losing to Democrat Rod Blagojevich.

chicago.suntimes.com

 

[toobfreak]

ex-Illinois AG Jim Ryan, a principled conservative​

Odd--- does anyone ever rate democrats by their degree of "principle?" Who is on the list of "principled" democrats?

Or is this "principled conservative" bunk just the latest gaslighting tool meant to suggest that those whom embrace MAGA or America First so loathed by the Left be dismissed as mere "unprincipled" conservatives?

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Principled conservative is a democrat euphemism for RINO.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

he was the GOP nominee for Governor in 2002 and lost famously to Blagojevich before Blago went to jail

Jim Ryan, two-term Illinois attorney general, former GOP governor nominee, dead at 76

In 2002, Mr. Ryan passed up a possible third term as attorney general and ran for governor, losing to Democrat Rod Blagojevich.

chicago.suntimes.com

Isn’t any weapon used for the purpose of assault an assault weapon? Including a baseball bat or a frying pan?