This is the guy who wanted to take on Pelosi for the leadership position. He’s getting a jump on being as wacky as her.
Via Daily Wire:
On Monday, The Intercept reported that Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) wants to run for president. Ryan’s record isn’t all that impressive – he’s been a Congressman since 2002 in a blue collar district including Youngstown – but he’s been granted ample credibility by a media hungry for a Democrat who doesn’t alienate Rust Belt voters.
So, naturally, Ryan wants to run for the “yoga vote.” According to The Intercept:
Ryan’s district is one of the few poor, majority-white districts that is represented by a Democrat. But he won’t be running on a stereotypical working-class persona; instead, he believes his path to the White House runs through the “yoga vote.”…The group Yoga Votes (“One body united for change”) puts the total number of people who do yoga in the U.S. at 20 million, and Ryan has done work with the group.
Every pitch has an intended audience. Lifetime pitches itself to middle-aged women. ESPN pitches itself to middle-aged men. The Republican Party, under President Trump, pitches itself to Rust Belt workers who have been out of a job thanks to the impacts of trade. And now Democrats finally have a response to that pitch – and they choose instead to pitch themselves to women who do yoga.