Conservatives organize to 'Fire Paul Ryan'

By Kelly Cohen, Kelly Cohen

Published December 20, 2015

Rep. Paul Ryan has so far deflected calls to be the next House speaker, but there is already a group of conservatives ready to kick him out that job.

Several right-leaning organizations have formed a new coalition called "Fire Paul Ryan," calling the Wisconsin Republican a RINO, or a Republican In Name Only.

"We forced Boehner to step down. Cantor was defeated. McCarthy withdrew ... and yet the establishment keeps pushing RINO after RINO after RINO. If Ryan is chosen, we'll see that he's fired. Add your name to the list of Americans who Demand a Conservative Speaker," said the coalition's website FirePaulRyan.com, which is paid for by the Constitutional Rights PAC.

The Constitutional Rights PAC had also set up a coalition to stop Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from becoming House speaker.