House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) really wants people to think he’s cool. He didn’t mention worries like his decision to ignore beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program ― Dreamers ― who continue to be threatened under new White House policies. “Luckily, [Former House Speaker John] Boehner texted me the other day saying he had something to help me chill out,” Ryan joked in the video. His joking reference to weed as “grass” ― an outdated slang term for the plant ― suggests he doesn’t smoke weed, and isn’t sure what to call it. We get the joke, Mr. Speaker, because we can’t imagine a time that anyone would have ever offered you any.

Source: Huffington Post April 29, 2018 03:33 UTC