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Wall street or in the pharmaceutical industry asked him to do it. and it was most frustrating today as he tried to paint himself as a tough on china, tough on trade politician. this guy has begged, begged by people in his district to vote the other way. they were out today and he still keeps going free trade in washington, but fair trade when he goes out to the country. >> ruth, i found that interesting the other day when mitt romney said, well, he's on my campaign. in other words, clarifying, you know, you better pay attention to what i'm saying and not so much, you know,ryan. what did you ma...

When ryan stumbles over his answer on stimulus money then throws it off on a staffer? >> it goes right to the heart of the problem with ryan. this is something we've seen in wisconsin many, many years. ryan is a member of congress from a very hard hit industrial district, a district inflicted by plant closings, as he was signing off on things like most favored nation trading status with china, as he was opposing fair trade legislation in congress. then he turns around and opposes things like the extension of unemployment insurance for his district but he has tried to get a good deal for compan...

They manipulate their currency. president obama promised he would stop these practices. he said he'd go to the mat with china. instead, they're treating him like a door mat. we're not going to let that happen. >> but here's the problem. when congress got a chance to crack down on china's currency manipulation, representative paul ryan voted no. ryan says he agrees with romney when it comes to cracking down on china, but his voting record certainly says something very, very different. ryan tried to score political points at campaign stops like this one in warren, ohio. he didn't answer any toug...

Us tonight. ruth, let me ask you first. how is this going to play out when ryan stumbles over his answer on stimulus money then throws it off on a staffer? >> it goes right to the heart of the problem with ryan. this is something we've seen in wisconsin many, many years. ryan is a member of congress from a very hard hit industrial district, a district inflicted by plant closings, as he was signing off on things like most favored nation trading status with china, as he was opposing fair trade legislation in congress. then he turns around and opposes things like the extension of unemployment ins...

I don't recall. i haven't seen this report so i really can't comment on it. >> do you hear that? ryan denies requesting stimulus money then says he doesn't remember. then he says he hasn't seen the report. and he said all that in less than ten seconds? here's the truth, my friends. the "boston globe" found two letters from ryan requesting stimulus money for companies in wisconsin. tonight, ryan released a statement saying his staff wrote those letters requesting stimulus money and that it should have been handled differently. paul ryan's been on the campaign trail for less than a week, and alr...