Kentucky Senator Rand Paul didn’t mince words when criticizing Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, accusing him of governing in a Democratic manner since taking on the role last year.
In an interview with Maria Bartiromo, Paul specifically targeted Johnson’s approval of a $1.5 trillion spending bill.
“As I see it now, I’m not so sure there’s a difference between Mike Johnson being in charge and Democrats being in charge,” Paul explained. “The deficit this year will be 1.5 to 2 trillion dollars, and that’s Mike Johnson’s bill. He put it forward, he supported it with a minority of Republicans, with a majority of Democrats. This is not the using the power of the purse, this is abdicating the power of the purse.”
Paul criticized Johnson for his support of reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) without including a provision that mandates warrants for spying on U.S. citizens.
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He explained:
People have to be strong in their convictions. He was seen as a conservative before he came to the Speakership, but now he puts a tweet out the other day saying they whispered to him about 702, how important it is, and now he’s completely changed and lost all his principles on the idea that we shouldn’t spy on Americans without a warrant.
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The Democrats got everything they want in the spending and all the hawks got what they want too, this is a problem on the Republican side. We have people who want unlimited military spending, and then the Democrats want unlimited welfare spending and they get both.
But Johnson hasn’t held his ground. He has the power, he has the majority, use the power of the purse, Speaker Johnson. Do something to make us think you are different than a Democrat — but so far I don’t see a difference.
Earlier this week, Paul disclosed that in 2018, 15 federal agencies were informed that the Wuhan laboratory in China was attempting to develop a COVID-19 virus.
This ultimately led to worldwide lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and an unprecedented increase in government power.
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Guess he ignoring the RINOs who passed it
And the sheep get sheared again. When the populace worships at the altar of the political party, they collect their 30 pieces of silver and then hang themselves. There is no difference among the parties, they have the same goal, acquire power, then fight to hold on to power. That fight leaves no time for governing.
Don’t forget: “SEND MORE MONEY”.