“As I see it now, I’m not sure there’s a difference between Mike Johnson being in charge and the Democrats being in charge. He supported it [FISA] with a minority of Republicans, with a majority of Democrats. This is not using the power of the purse. This is abdicating the power of the purse.
“That’s ineffective leadership. And if he wants to remain speaker, frankly, he’s going to do better because, you know, I wanted to give him a break and I have for a couple of months.
“It’s the first time I’ve really spoken out, but somebody, I mean, the speaker’s got to be a speaker. He’s got to be a leader of his party, not a capitulator to the other party.” – Sen. Rand Paul.