Sen. Rand Paul reiterated his disappointment with Speaker Mike Johnson over the passage of the spending bill that averted a government shutdown, calling on Sunday for a “speaker with a spine.”
The Kentucky Republican, appearing on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” said that “if we had a speaker with a spine who put forward a budget and a plan to cut spending over a five-year period to balance a budget, I’ll vote to raise the debt ceiling, because you still have to add debt during that five years.”
He reiterated that he would support a debt ceiling “only if there is government reform to cut spending,” insisting that “you need strength in a speaker, somebody who could put forward something that actually is going to change the course. I can tell you, if we add $8 trillion in this next administration of debt, people will be frustrated.”
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