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Sen. Rand Paul on Varney & Co
Fox news ^ | June 3 | Fox news

Posted on 06/03/2025 9:04:13 AM PDT by RandFan

@RandPaul

Kentuckians sent me here to fight reckless debt. I will not support a $5T increase to our deficit.

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KEYWORDS: davidbrooks; hakeemjeffries; randpaul; randpaulsucks
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To: Tell It Right
If this negotiating tactic by Rand results in the Republicans putting real spending cuts in the Big Beautiful, he’ll have my thanks.

It won't. It's not a negotiating tact, it's a PR tactic because Rand thinks he can win a POTUS election and is trying to raise his profile.

In other words, this is all about Rand, and he is hindering the only chance we have with President Trump to get things done, as well as, get rid of the RINO trash in the house and senate so that we can move closer to actually doing what Rand states he wants to accomplish.
21 posted on 06/03/2025 9:47:50 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Well said.


22 posted on 06/03/2025 9:50:18 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
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To: RandFan

He’s on the radio with Eric Erickson now or a recording of him with someone...Makes a lot of sense and Eric is doing a good job of explaining WHY people need to pay attention. His advice, if it doesn’t pass, better get prepared prolonging retirement plans!


23 posted on 06/03/2025 9:54:11 AM PDT by Thank You Rush ( )
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To: Nervous Tick

RandFan is perhaps the most tone deaf person to ever post on this board......


24 posted on 06/03/2025 10:16:29 AM PDT by Jaysin (Trump can't be beat, unless the democrats cheat)
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To: Dave911

How much of the $5T increase is CBO scoring, who doesn’t take into account revenue gains by tax reductions?


25 posted on 06/03/2025 10:17:31 AM PDT by TiGuy22
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To: GOPJ

The Senate is a co equal branch

Rand is elected too!


26 posted on 06/03/2025 10:19:29 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

This jerk has already been to Iowa. He’s getting on every channel he can, so we will all know who to vote for for president in 2028. Dontchaknow??


27 posted on 06/03/2025 10:24:59 AM PDT by Hattie
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To: RandFan

If you use different scoring than the CBO uses, you get a different projection of the likely deficit. The CBO does not use a projection that would include economic growth likely to come from the tax provisions in the bill. When better economic growth is considered you get more GDP and with more GDP you get more revenue.

It is not that the debt and deficit should have. long term, even more cuts than what is in the BBB right now. But Rand is using the biased CBO measures as the basis for his objections, when those measures undervalue expected GDP growth. Maybe Rand just wants to object so he stands out. I do not think Kentuckians are more “Libertarian” than everyone else in the country. I think Rand is representing Rand more than he is Kentucky.


28 posted on 06/03/2025 10:38:19 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: RandFan
You continuing to prop up and cover for rand paul isn't going to improve his chances of winning the 2028 presidential election

The little news out of iowa, showing rand paul opposing Trump on tarrifs, shows few people care about anything he says or does, except if he opposed Trump and his agenda

rand doesn't care what happens to Trump, nor if the republicans lose control at the midterms....

he'll have his safe, senate seat no matter what, so he doesn't care

29 posted on 06/03/2025 10:40:06 AM PDT by backpacker_c
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To: Hattie

Rand can’t compete with JD


30 posted on 06/03/2025 10:48:43 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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To: RandFan

The people of Kentucky elected Rand Paul - and yeah - that matters. He’s on the Republican team.

The people of the United States elected Trump to be the leader of the country and of the party and the Commander in Chief. Rand represents ONE state and if every now and then he took on his own party that would be one thing - but he’s a darling of CNN because he’s becoming a John McCain - a man who gets in front of a camera BECAUSE he’s willing to trash his own party.

What’s his plan? Shall we cut money going to ICE to remove illegals? Most illegals live in large democrat cities on welfare and work under the table?

Every illegal criminal tossed out saves millions in what we would have to spend on courts, lawyers, jails and prisons... Shall we ‘cut’ there? In the short run that would ‘save money’? In the long run it would cost billions and much misery. So, why won’t Rand tell us his plan? The whole plan not just the ‘cut spending’ crap which any fifth grader could mouth...


31 posted on 06/03/2025 10:49:28 AM PDT by GOPJ (What if stupidity isn’t about intelligence at all, but about surrendering the will to think?Bonhoeff)
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To: backpacker_c

You continuing to prop up and cover for rand paul isn’t going to improve his chances

I’m under no illusions on that!

You dont deserve him


32 posted on 06/03/2025 10:50:18 AM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan
You dont deserve him

I feel few people deserve him....

But there must be something strange about kentucky, because they have kept re-electing him...

and mitch mcconnell....

33 posted on 06/03/2025 10:55:38 AM PDT by backpacker_c
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To: GOPJ; RandFan
What’s his plan? Shall we cut money going to ICE to remove illegals? Most illegals live in large democrat cities on welfare and work under the table?

Well RandFan, what's Rands plan to fix the problems with President Trump's BBB and how will he get the necessary votes to get it to President Trump's desk for signing?
34 posted on 06/03/2025 12:51:21 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: bert

Rand might have billion of dollars behind him from a fed up Musk

This could be his brilliant strategy for ‘28


35 posted on 06/03/2025 1:29:36 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: Dave911

“I can’t blame him on the debt increase. This insanity has to stop at some point”

Agreed. Repukes have the House, Senate, and presidency. If they don’t try to balance the budget now, then when?


36 posted on 06/03/2025 1:31:30 PM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: SharpRightTurn

There are different ways to get out of debt - there’s earn more and spend less. Trump is doing both in many forms.


37 posted on 06/03/2025 6:53:43 PM PDT by GOPJ (What if stupidity isn’t about intelligence at all, but about surrendering the will to think?Bonhoeff)
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To: GOPJ

But DOES the current bill actually spend less?


38 posted on 06/04/2025 5:12:36 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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