Posted on 05/21/2022 1:51:12 PM PDT by RandFan
In remarks on the Senate floor Thursday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) spoke about why he was blocking a $40 billion Ukraine bill.
Floor speech... [5 mins]
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I watched the video of Sen. Paul.
He laid out his objection, with point after point.
Yes! Going into more debt over a feeble foreign country is a very wrong idea. The only way, that I have seen since the 1960’s, that Democrats know bow to ‘fix’ anything, is throw money after money after money.
This time, all this money, aid, whatever, is worthless.And all the while, the citizens of America get a big smiling, laughing “fork you”!!
That is indeed a great line. This is all a Dem created and manipulated situation in the first place, and in the second place, it does not affect the US in the least - unless you’re somebody trying to extend the anti-Trump “Russia, Russia, Russia” hoax. The Dems would happily drag us into WWIII and destroy the entire population of the Ukraine in the process. I’m just sorry so many GOPers have been stampeded into going along with it.
On the same day they rejected an aid package for small businesses and restaurants. America last.
Yep! They rejected $48 billion to help the middle class small businesses owners. 37 Republicans voted to reject it.
He’s the only elected official who takes that oath seriously.
Ukraine is a corrupt government and we have no business financing them!!!!
I’ll bet the big spending Senators are getting are getting thier ‘share’.
Our southern border is under attack and no one else seems to be aware of it, or care about it.
Justice Joseph Story had clarified that the General Welfare Clause does not give Congress the express power to justify foreign aid.
Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time [emphasis added].
“If the tax be not proposed for the common defence, or general welfare, but for other objects, wholly extraneous, (as for instance, for propagating Mahometanism among the Turks, or giving aids and subsidies to a foreign nation, to build palaces for its kings, or erect monuments to its heroes,) it would be wholly indefensible upon constitutional principles [emphases added].” — Justice Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 2 (1833).
Insights welcome.
Patriots are also reminded that they must vote twice this election year. Your first vote is to primary career RINO incumbents. Your second vote is to replace outgoing Democrats and RINOs with Trump-endorsed patriot candidates.
Again, insights welcome.
Rand Paul makes a good point. EU especially the Poles should be active in arming and giving resources to Ukraine. USA should be on the sidelines somewhat. This isn’t the Cold War. It would be nice if EU would take over NATO. USA and Canada should withdraw. Turkey can leave too since they are not a member of EU anyway.
In the 1960’s my uncle was the State Dem Chairman in a midwest state. In his later years he told me he votes straight Republican. He knew JFK.
“ Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe.”
-Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe
It’s a shame he’s the only one who thinks like that.
“My oath office is to the US constitution not to any foreign nation.”
We need more Senators like Paul.
Instead, most of them look like they take an oath to benefit foreign nations, while taking a dump on the constitution.
I can’t believe somebody is really speaking up. Millions coming across our borders and getting everything free. The American people facing untold food and energy shortages and our Congress thinks they want to play war.
Well said, Mr Paul, well said indeed!
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