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VIDEO: Rand Paul Publicly Condemns Trump's Strikes On Venezuelan Boats, Demand He Show Evidence
YouTube / U.S. Senate ^ | Oct 9 | Sen. Paul

Posted on 10/09/2025 6:21:19 AM PDT by RandFan

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1 posted on 10/09/2025 6:21:19 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

I’m not sure Trump can do that to Rand’s satisfaction without getting somebody on our side killed.


2 posted on 10/09/2025 6:23:11 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: RandFan

Trump showed video evidence of the strike, what more do you want a free sample?
Remember always follow the money!


3 posted on 10/09/2025 6:23:45 AM PDT by Ronald77 ( )
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He really should. You don’t automatically believe that bin Laden was buried at sea just because the Kenyan said it.


4 posted on 10/09/2025 6:25:12 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Carry_Okie

Pretty sure Paul doesn’t actually care - he’s just got to play both sides of the fence.

I’m pretty sure that he can find out all he really wants to know about the situation without trumpeting and grandstanding to the press.


5 posted on 10/09/2025 6:25:48 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: RandFan

Here’s the evidence,Senator Rand

https://youtu.be/Inx7WgtQ4Pk?si=RfqiVPG73IwfzWeQ


6 posted on 10/09/2025 6:27:02 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: RandFan

Rand (L-China) talking out of his rear again.


7 posted on 10/09/2025 6:27:03 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: RandFan

Ahh Rand, more concerned with murderous foreign
terrorists who destroy our youth than with the American citizens.

Isn’t purity of ideology a beautiful thing, you can justify all kinds of immoral positions in the name of a perfect virtuous unobtainable world view and seek self-aggrandizing fame at the same time


8 posted on 10/09/2025 6:29:12 AM PDT by Skwor
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To: RandFan

With “friends” like these...


9 posted on 10/09/2025 6:34:53 AM PDT by tlozo (“We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth,” Trump)
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To: RandFan

Rand didn’t fall far from the tree!


10 posted on 10/09/2025 6:35:18 AM PDT by Brandonmark (November 5, 2024 - A New Day in America!Adam Schiff PARDONED criminal!)
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To: RandFan

How does RP walk and breath at the same time, I’m sure it taxes his only brain cell and gives him a butt ache… that’s where he keeps that brain cell…in his butt.


11 posted on 10/09/2025 6:35:40 AM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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To: Carry_Okie

Paul would have objected to actions against the Barbary Pirates! Something Thomas Jefferson found necessary to do.

In fact drug smugglers should be treated internationally akin to pirates - enemies of all mankind!


12 posted on 10/09/2025 6:36:29 AM PDT by Reily
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To: larrytown
I’m pretty sure that he can find out all he really wants to know about the situation without trumpeting and grandstanding to the press.<

You are likely correct, but that does pretend to force a response that is sufficiently public in his opinion. It does cause one to wonder what purpose that serves. I'm not comfortable with a government capable of wielding that kind of surveillance when the real problem with the smuggling of these drugs is the size of the customer base.

13 posted on 10/09/2025 6:38:31 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: RandFan

Rand Paul is a member of Congress. He should have some oversight ability and should be able to report to his people. However, limited release of potentially compromising information requires that ‘selected’ and trustworthy people be given access to the ‘proof’.

My recommendation is that the White House provide access to the Security councils of Congress. Yes, it may endanger operatives, but as best as possible they should be protected.

From a Congressional standpoint, I have a ‘Demand’ of Rand Paul. If a foreign government is deliberately and knowingly, attempting to transport poison to distribute and kill Americans, I demand that Congress does it job. In my opinion those are ACTS OF WAR. Congress job is to protect Americans and American lives, and DECLARE war when appropriate. Rand needs to do his JOB if there is proof, and rally Congress to declare war after he sees what he asked for. With power comes responsibility and Obligation Rand Paul.


14 posted on 10/09/2025 6:38:35 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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Rand! You can count on him to oppose everything and accomplish nothing.


15 posted on 10/09/2025 6:39:07 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ LIFE )
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Paul hadn’t been in the news for awhile and he thought he needed to be!!


16 posted on 10/09/2025 6:40:47 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Carry_Okie

I’m not sure Trump can do that to Rand’s satisfaction without getting somebody on our side killed.


Hard to know. President Trump might be able to have Rand Paul briefed in a private setting. It is difficult to know what would satisfy Rand in this case.


17 posted on 10/09/2025 6:41:02 AM PDT by marktwain
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Someone should just tell Paul there were Americans on the boat.

Rand Paul defends Obama, drone strikes

18 posted on 10/09/2025 6:44:42 AM PDT by Yogafist
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I’d change my screen name if I were you. Rand is a Democrat in Republican clothing.


19 posted on 10/09/2025 6:46:16 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: RandFan
Sen. Paul has been right in the past to criticize Trump on exploding the debt past 100% of GDP, but I can't recall him doing the same for other members of Congress, nor (at that time) Senate Majority Leader McConnell, who were just as responsible.

However in this case he has jumped the proverbial shark..
He has to know that Venezuela, Colombia, and Mexico are effectively criminal Narco-States run by the cartels, and are a real and present danger to the people of the United States.

20 posted on 10/09/2025 6:51:25 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (Political insight on loan from Rush Limbaugh)
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