The senator on Sunday suggested that Johnson had 'completely changed and lost all his principles' since becoming House speaker.
Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, blasted House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday over recent government funding bills.Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, first ascended to the speakership in October following a chaotic time in the House of Representatives after former speaker Representative Kevin McCarthy of California was ousted from the role.
'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,' he said. 'The debt, the deficit this year will be $1.5-2 trillion, and that's Mike Johnson's bill, he put it forward, he supported it with a minority of Republicans, with the majority of Democrats. This is not using the power of the purse, this is abdicating the power of the purse.
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