Walker suggested that the French government had been monitoring the perpetrators of the Paris attack, but had “lost track of them” prior to the shooting — and that France has decided “to pursue […] even more aggressive legislation than the Patriot Act” as a result.

Calling such a move an “overreaction,” Walker said that America must “balance the ability to protect ourselves from those sorts of terrorists and attacks” with the need to “hold the government accountable, to make sure that they do so in a way that protects our civil liberties.”

“I think we can do that,” concluded Walker, “and that’s why, in this one, I don’t share the same sentiment that Sen. Paul does.”