Mike Johnson

What I do know, Major, is that my good friend Charlie would not want any of us to be consumed by despair. He would want us to go forward boldly. That was his message, and to do it in love.

We have to defer to the commander in chief.

Everyone in America wants that bloodshed to end, and President Trump is forcing that.

If they shut the government down, it would be their unilateral decision to do so.

I think, if we all adopt these practices together and we turn down the rhetoric, we cease with this idea that policy disputes are somehow an existential threat to democracy or the republic, we stop calling one another names – I mean…

But what I do know, Major, is that my good friend Charlie would not want any of us to be consumed by despair. He would want us to go forward boldly.

We have to build consensus around all of it, but I think we will need a short-term funding measure, a clean C.R. that will allow more time to figure all this out.

It does take a certain measure of courage to step out and to lead.

He would want us to go forward boldly. That was his message, and to do it in love.

And I think the best way we honor his memory is to continue to do that very thing and not shy away from debate.

I think the best way we honor his memory is to continue to do that very thing and not shy away from debate, to keep the free marketplace of ideas going, but to work on the tone of those debates.

Certainly, it was a difficult week for the country. There’s a mixture of anger and sadness and fear, frankly, on the part of a lot of people.

I mean, calling people Nazis and fascists is not helpful.

We have to recognize that reality and address it appropriately.

I think that the country needs to see leaders in Congress and leaders with platforms all around the country speaking truth and bringing calm to the situation.

No question, it was a difficult week for the country. Certainly, it was felt on Capitol Hill. There's a mixture of anger and sadness and fear, frankly, on the part of a lot of people.

To save this great Republic

He would want exactly the opposite. You know, Charlie Kirk recruited and trained and educated a generation of happy warriors.

And I think everyone would do well to be reminded of that model

My good friend Charlie would not want any of us to be consumed by despair

Calling people Nazis and fascists is not helpful

I do believe that desperate times call for desperate measures, and I think appropriate sanctions on Russia are far overdue.

I think this could be a turning point, frankly, to use Charlie's term, for the country, and I hope that's true.

There will be. You know, we had a moment of prayer and silent reflection on the floor on Wednesday.

I'm doing okay, Major. Thanks for asking. No question, it was a difficult week for the country.