--- 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: 2026-08-19T07:48:20.568Z 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: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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 by [Brendan Dorsey](https://time.com/author/brendan-dorsey/) ## Brendan Dorsey Jun 27, 2016 9:45 PM UTC  Paul Ryan speaks during his weekly briefing at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 28, 2016. Paul Ryan speaks during his weekly briefing at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 28, 2016.Nicholas Kamm—AFP/Getty Images by [Brendan Dorsey](https://time.com/author/brendan-dorsey/) ## Brendan Dorsey Jun 27, 2016 9:45 PM UTC 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.” \[[_WISN_](http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=373384)\] House Sit-In: Paul Ryan Says Republicans Won't Allow Another ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4384525/paul-ryan-sit-in-house-democrats/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4384525/paul-ryan-sit-in-house-democrats/"},"headline":"Paul Ryan Says Republicans Won't 'Tolerate' Another Sit-In by Democrats","datePublished":"2016-06-27T21:45:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:20.568Z","description":"The Speaker of the House called the sit-in a publicity stunt","url":"https://time.com/4384525/paul-ryan-sit-in-house-democrats/","keywords":["Congress","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt971f68733a85f724/698896cdcf40a840fbc4389a/paul-ryan-trump-judge1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Brendan Dorsey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/brendan-dorsey/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt971f68733a85f724/698896cdcf40a840fbc4389a/paul-ryan-trump-judge1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-POLITICS-WORK DAY","caption":"Paul Ryan speaks during his weekly briefing at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 28, 2016.","creditText":"Nicholas Kamm—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4384525/paul-ryan-sit-in-house-democrats/","name":"Paul Ryan Says Republicans Won't 'Tolerate' Another Sit-In by Democrats"}}]}] ```