Except that simply is not true.

Anthony Zurcher is the BBC Trump stalker, he hates Trump as much as any NYT nobody.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38499284

A win for Trump - Anthony Zurcher, BBC News, Washington

Donald Trump's tweets have teeth. The president-elect took to social media to express his displeasure with the move and within hours those legislative efforts were abandoned.

The independent ethics investigators had been a source of discomfort for members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, and there was significant interest in limiting their ability to conduct inquiries.

Even after Mr Trump's tweets, many congressional Republicans appeared reluctant to back down. House Speaker Paul Ryan, an initial opponent of the measure, issued a statement defending the change.

That ended up being little comfort to the party rank and file, however, as pressure increased for them to bend to Mr Trump's political will. In his first confrontation with congressional leadership, the president-elect displayed his dominance.

Yeah, exactly. He was talking about priority, not that it was a bad thing to do. He even called the ethics committee "unfair".

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C1Q0GPpXAAQm9uL?format=jpg

Was it the Donald or the huge public outcry from around the globe? The D tweets and suddenly commands are answered? That's not how separate branches of government work...

salute him for saying "not at this time"? lol, what kind of weak victim shit is that "when his buddies tried to hit us he said 'not now, let's focus on taking their money first' - isn't he just the best?"

I might praise the donald if he ousts the people responsible for putting this initiative on the table - that would actually be a step towards "draining the swamp"

Of course the media is going to jump all over Trump's tweet as the impetus for the GOP reversal and ignore the real reason. You know as well as I do that most of the media have their heads so far up Trump's a** (either as supporters or fascinated detractors) that they can see nothing else. There's more ratings to be had covering a Trump tweet than the fact that citizens flooded their representative's phone banks with calls. 

Its like I said. The GOP is as cowardly as I thought they were. In the end they will bow down to Trump and give him whatever he wants. This one thing might be a good thing since it keeps Congress fair but this will have no effect whatsoever on whatever corruption comes from Trump himself.

Paul Ryan and others are against this too, so it's hardly standing up to his entire party. 

And funny that people now realize that the bulk of Republican ideals are anti-middle class in reality. 

How much deception are we going to get from Trump's dectractors now ? 

Damn, the fake news is real people when it's coming from the likes of Soundwave ...

Paul Ryan is all over the map on this it appears:

http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-speaker-paul-ryan-gop-leaders-unable-1483462553-htmlstory.html

"House Speaker Paul D. Ryan and top Republicans had warned colleagues not to pursue the proposal, which would have weakened the independent ethics office.

But the GOP leaders initially appeared resigned Tuesday after rank-and-file lawmakers supported the change, testing the leaders' ability to control their majority."

Not surprising that he flip flops on everything though. 

Majority of GOP positions are anti-middle class, the way they trick middle/low income people into thinking giving more tax breaks to rich people, giving more rights to corporations, while accepting cuts to their own health care, education, child care, and other services is hilarious actually. 

Note too from the sounds of it Trump/Repubs like Ryan aren't saying "don't do this ever", they just don't want to do it now because it doesn't look good, the idiots at the GOP are already so drunk on power they thought they could get away with doing this on the first day of the new congress. Gotta get those tax breaks for their ultra rich buddies done first, then they can revisit this and do it quietly when the American people are not paying as much attention. 

Except when it comes to appointing people to important positions within the actual government :). And how to you drain the swamp if this reversal means nothing has changed?