Posted on 09/13/2018 6:26:39 PM PDT by Mariner
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has defended President Trump on some of his most controversial moves, going against the prevailing sentiment of the libertarian movement with which he and his father, former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), have long been identified.
Some of the most libertarian-leaning members of Congress, such as Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), and Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), have served as forceful critics of Trump within the GOP. But Rand Paul, who prefers the mantle of constitutional conservative to libertarian, has repeatedly offered Trump a stirring defense.
Paul last week called for the use of lie detector tests to find the identity of a senior administration official who criticized Trump harshly in an anonymous New York Times op-ed, giving support to senior White House aides who have discussed the possibility.
Earlier this summer, Paul was the first prominent voice in Congress to call for Trump to revoke former CIA Director John Brennans security clearance, giving the president political cover to do just that. Other Republican senators, such as Susan Collins (Maine) and Bob Corker (Tenn.), criticized Trumps decision to pull Brennans clearance.
In July, Paul made headlines by defending Trumps summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. He dismissed criticism of Trumps chummy joint press conference with Putin as Trump derangement syndrome.
The forceful defense of Trump has been noticed, with some saying Paul has embraced Trump to help set himself up for another presidential run or to secure pro-Trump voters in Kentucky for his Senate reelection in 2022. Paul ran for the White House in 2016 but saw his support drop quickly after Trump joined the race.
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Bingo! You nail it perfectly.
We should start a club
Rand Paul is probably my favorite person in the U.S. Senate right now.
I’d rather make an honest 5 bucks an hour than have my neighbor robbed to give me more
I always felt like in 2016 he was trying to be somebody he wasnt to try to win favor with the establishment.
“I would trust Rand Paul to carry the Trump agenda in the future.”
ditto. Rand Paul is my first (and nearly only choice) to succeed Donald Trump in 2024 ...
How is controlling the border and not having unlimited H1-B visa’s robbing you?
Ever hear of supply and demand?
Free market economic’s works and it also applies to the supply/demand of labor.
Paul
Is the real deal
Been getting his newsletter for 10 yrs now after I wrote him about the stupid
Mercury curly cue lamps that hurt people
Hes the only one who responded
yes, he's one of the few who actually seems to have read the Constitution. And he's concerned about my rights, and the bloated size of Government. He's a true rarity in DC.
Are you an isolationist? Just curious.
Nobody who has trusted Rand has regretted it. The risk, in this case, is astronomically low.
I wonder, how many more years does he need to be the most solid defender of America and the rule of law in the Senate, before he earns your trust?
If not for Rand, Eric Holder would have been ordering drone strikes against US citizens, on US soil.
Before the Federal Reserve sucked over 98% of the value of the dollar out of it, $5/hour would have made you a wealthy man.
Rand is better than most of the RINOs these days...none of them can be 100% trusted but he’s nowhere near the top of the “Do Not Trust” list...
Absolutely. And he and his father pushed to audit the fed. The establishment on both sides knocked this down. If successful it would have changed this country as we know it for the better. The thing folks forget about Ron is that he taught economics before he was a politician. And Rand is his father’s son.
Something I found interesting recently... Kavanaugh carries a pocket constitution just like Ron and Rand do. They are all strict constitutionalists.
Absolutely... As I am also...
Flake is Mormon and he does and says what he is told by Harry Reid.
He can’t even spell “libertarian”
I have never seen any reason, ever, to not trust Rand Paul. We could use many more just like him.
All too often, he seems to be the only guy in Washington DC who has read the Constitution.
True, the purpose of the FR is to transfer wealth from the MC to the Government and Super Rich. Should be abolished.
But in 2018, $5/hr won’t even support an illegal, much less a family.
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