--- title: House Sit-In: Paul Ryan Says Republicans Won't Allow Another description: House Speaker Paul Ryan said in a new interview that Republicans will not "tolerate" another sit-in by congressional Democrats canonical: https://time.com/4384525/paul-ryan-sit-in-house-democrats/ author: Brendan Dorsey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-27T21:45:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-06T09:49:29.177Z article:section: Politics og:title: House Sit-In: Paul Ryan Says Republicans Won't Allow Another og:description: The Speaker of the House called the sit-in a publicity stunt og:url: https://time.com/4384525/paul-ryan-sit-in-house-democrats/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt971f68733a85f724/698896cdcf40a840fbc4389a/paul-ryan-trump-judge1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-WORK DAY og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: House Sit-In: Paul Ryan Says Republicans Won't Allow Another twitter:description: The Speaker of the House called the sit-in a publicity stunt twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt971f68733a85f724/698896cdcf40a840fbc4389a/paul-ryan-trump-judge1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Paul Ryan Says Republicans Won't 'Tolerate' Another Sit-In by Democrats > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=ba565043-3672-41de-94cc-894970b41ff1&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: House Democrats Stage Sit-In [Watch (HLS stream): House Democrats Stage Sit-In](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Z9fsNOfZ.m3u8) (1:43)  _Published 2016-06-22. Democrats sat on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to “demand action on commonsense gun legislation,” Rep. John Yarmuth, of Kentucky, tweeted Wednesday morning._ by [Brendan Dorsey](https://time.com/author/brendan-dorsey/) ## Brendan Dorsey Jun 27, 2016 9:45 PM UTC by [Brendan Dorsey](https://time.com/author/brendan-dorsey/) ## Brendan Dorsey Jun 27, 2016 9:45 PM UTC Listen 00:001.0x00:45 Narrated by TIME AI. House Speaker Paul Ryan said [in a new interview](http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=373384) that Republicans will not “tolerate” another sit-in by congressional Democrats after [last week’s day-long protest](http://time.com/4379310/house-democrats-gun-control-sit-in/) drew widespread attention to the party’s push for new [gun control measures](http://time.com/4380152/watch-democratic-reps-house-sit-in/). “We will not take this,” Ryan said during an interview with the local television station [WISN](http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=373384). “We will not tolerate this.” Ryan did not give specifics on how Republicans would stop a new sit-in in, but said it would be handled a different way a second time around. Last week Ryan called the sit-in a “[publicity stunt](http://time.com/4380552/democrats-use-gun-control-sit-in-to-ramp-up-fundraising/)” and a “low moment for the people’s house.” \[[_WISN_](http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=373384)\] ## Transcript We must remove the blinders. The time for silence and patience is long gone. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] We'll call in on a leadership of the House to bring common sense gun control legislation to the House floor. Give us a vote! Let us vote! We came here to do our job! We came here to work! [ BLANK_AUDIO ] The American people demand action. There comes a time when you have to say something. When you have to make a little noise. Yes. That's right. When you have to move your feet. This is the time. Now is the time to get in the way. Yes. Mm- hm. The time to act is now. We will be silent no more. 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