Posted on 03/17/2026 1:47:09 AM PDT by RandFan
Kentucky senator says he wants to represent 'free-market wing' of Republican Party as alternative to Trump-Vance populism
Libertarian-minded Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is leaving the door wide open to a possible 2028 White House run.
"We’ll decide after 2026," Paul said in an interview that posted this weekend.
Paul ran for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, but dropped out after a distant fifth-place finish in Iowa's Republican caucuses. He won re-election later that year in the Senate, and was re-elected again in 2022.
The senator, who for years has been a leading voice inside the GOP for fiscal conservatism, civil liberties and a non-interventionist foreign policy for America, has lamented the declining number of Republicans embracing such an agenda in a party dominated by President Donald Trump. And he's pledged to try and bring such an agenda back.
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Pointing to Trump and Vice President JD Vance, who is perceived as the GOP frontrunner in the race to succeed the term-limited Trump, Paul emphasized that "there needs to be a free-market wing of the Republican Party. And I want to be part of trying to ensure that still exists."
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Where is the Fauci prosecution Rand promised if Republicans took control? I guess that was just grandstanding BS, like everything else he does.
Done with ya Rand. The “strafing” of fishing boats complaints ended it with me.
Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long time. He used to be my neighbor, before I left California for good, over 45 years ago.
That little bitch has about as much of a chance of becoming POTUS as I do.
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I remember when his Daddy was running - there were a few small groups (usually around 8-12 folks), standing in parking lots close to the road, holding their “Ron Paul for President” signs - they resembled Bidens ‘rallies’ - and the machine will not cheat Rand into office...
A President Rand Paul??? 🤣🤣🤣
Nick Saban for President! And I’m a UGA fan.
His Dad is still going strong at 90 — obviously condemning what’s going on
The latter.
Imagine China’s joy over a Paul Massie Administration.
Nothing could be better for the CCP than two libertarians in charge.
That apple didn’t fall far from the horse.
Why do you say that? Can you expand on it?
Ha, ha, ha, ha.
The era of the Free Traitor is over. Someone tell this little quisling.
Always remember that Libertarians are 50% liberal progs.
I be shocked if a Rand rally could half fill a conference room at a Holiday Inn.
Which is a lie. Free Traitors lie constantly. This is why we need tariffs. Lots of them to drive Free Traitors insane.
I am sure Pence would endorse this Free Traitor.
Libertarians and Free Traitors would make sure there is not one factory left in America. They are evil.
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