Posted on 01/30/2026 7:55:08 AM PST by RandFan
Rand Paul made his name as a gadfly preaching about the dangers of a tyrannical federal government. Now, after the killings of two Minnesota residents at the hands of Homeland Security agents, the Kentucky Republican has a chance to do something about it.
The 63-year-old, who spent years on the outskirts of the party, is now at the center of the Senate’s response to the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, which have sparked new criticism of the administration’s immigration enforcement policies and raised many of the same civil liberties questions Paul has long been asking.
As chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, he’s already forced a trio of top immigration officials to agree to testify, publicly criticized the administration’s response to the Pretti shooting and even raised the possibility Congress might step in if the administration refuses to conduct an independent investigation of that incident.
“For people to have confidence in government and confidence in law enforcement … we have to be very honest,” Paul told reporters. “I don’t think anybody in America believes he was assaulting those officers, so we have to tell the truth.”
But Paul — who is already in President Donald Trump’s doghouse as an inconsistent GOP ally — is still walking a fine line.
He repeatedly refused this week to weigh in on if Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should leave the administration, saying he was “reserving judgment for now.”
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It is suspected that it is Rand’s wife...
"This is likely similar garbage and he better watch out if he doesn’t want a libel lawsuit"
Respond to the person that wrote that. Wasn't me.
You’ve been libeled, we were led to believe you had posted it.
LOL
It is suspected that it is Rand’s wife...
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Really?
That’s sort of hilarious.
At least that would explain the hero worship.
Being married to one of the 535 Swamp scum Congress critters has got to be a big ego boost and a constant quest to stay in the Swamp.
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