Rand Paul Breaks With Trump, Rips Speaker Mike Johnson [Video]

Despite a public vote of confidence from former President Donald Trump, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has come out against House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

Appearing on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, the Kentucky Republican torched Johnson for casting the decisive vote to defeat an amendment in the recently-passed FISA reauthorization — which would have required the government to obtain a warrant to obtain data of people caught up in foreign surveillance.

“Speaker Johnson was incredibly wrong,” Paul said. “He broke the tie. He voted with the Democrats. Here we have the leader of the Republicans in the House votes with the Democrats against a warrant requirement. We also have Speaker Johnson voting for the spending package once again with a majority of the Democrats. As I see it now, I’m not so sure there’s a difference between Mike Johnson being in charge and the Democrats being in charge.”

Paul’s comments come two days after Johnson got the public …