Ryan calls new Russia sanctions 'overdue,' but fails to call for more aggressive investigations

House Speaker Paul Ryan was curiously quick to chastise President Obama for taking too long to sanction Russia for meddling in the 2016 elections. 

Fascinating, Obama’s actions are "overdue” and he “failed,” but in terms of exploring just what exactly what went wrong—nada. In essence, let’s just put this one to bed now, ladies and gents. That stands in stark contrast to a joint statement from GOP Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, who also called the sanctions “overdue,” but added:

Ultimately, they are a small price for Russia to pay for its brazen attack on American democracy. We intend to lead the effort in the new Congress to impose stronger sanctions on Russia.

Both Ryan and Mitch McConnell have been trying to weasel their way out of putting together a select committee to investigate Russian interference in 2016.