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Dr. Rand Paul Releases Statement on National Emergency Vote
US Senate ^ | Rand Paul

Posted on 03/14/2019 7:17:32 PM PDT by RandFan

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To: VanDeKoik
Hell we have troops fighting conflicts in which NO DECLARATION OF WAR WAS MADE. But our border? Gotta wait for congress to pass a money bill or else, right?

Makes you sick to your stomach, doesn't it?

I saw an article on the forum last night about the military wanting a new type of aircraft. I'm normally interested in such things, but I just sat there staring at the headline and wondering,

"Why? To send our boys and girls off to some God-forsaken sh!tholes, to die defending the territories of ungrateful, barbarous hordes who hate us anyway?"

Meanwhile, our own country is being invaded and colonized at a record pace. What is the point of having a military if they're not allowed to defend their own damn country???

61 posted on 03/14/2019 10:42:36 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: RandFan

Sorry RAND. There is no excuse


62 posted on 03/14/2019 10:45:54 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: RandFan

Stupid Libertarian. Thought he would be better than his nutcase father but boy was I wrong.


63 posted on 03/14/2019 11:16:43 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (with)
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To: RandFan

GTH Rand.


64 posted on 03/14/2019 11:25:30 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt
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To: Nifster

We are winning if has to issue a statement. Never let him forget. He voted with rapist,murders and drug cartels.


65 posted on 03/14/2019 11:33:07 PM PDT by magua
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To: RandFan

Dr. Rand, I never want to see or hear from you ever again.


66 posted on 03/15/2019 12:07:09 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost
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To: MrEdd

Hey!

Where was Congress when Obama gave billions to South Africa?

Where was Congress when Obama gave billions to Iran?

Where was Congress when Obama gave billions to the PLA?

Where was Congress when Obama gave billions to the UN?


67 posted on 03/15/2019 12:55:00 AM PDT by vannrox (The Preamble to the Bill of Rights - without it, our Bill of Rights is meaningless!)
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To: RandFan

I’m sure he loudly denounced the pallet of cash that Zero sent to Iran as well. /bitter sarc


68 posted on 03/15/2019 2:59:13 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Break it off in 'em, Brett. They've earned it, and you've earned it.)
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To: RandFan

Rand and the others who voted against Trump sealed their fate.Congress gave the national emergency powers to the president decades ago,and EVERY president since has used it.Funds have been “repurposed” before,so that excuse is invalid.The need for a secure border is undeniable,as is the will of the people who voted for “build that wall”.


69 posted on 03/15/2019 4:30:36 AM PDT by MidniteRyder
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To: RandFan

Rand Paul is a traitorous douchebag. This wasn’t about the constitution or the emergency this was truly an effort to stop Trump.


70 posted on 03/15/2019 5:32:24 AM PDT by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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That's so crazy.

How could he say that?

Any ‘Republican’ who wants an assured election/re-election outcome, only has to wholeheartedly support the wall.

There are not 2 views on that one.

71 posted on 03/15/2019 6:11:04 AM PDT by SMARTY (Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values. Ortega y Gasset)
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To: RandFan

Both Pauls suck balls.


72 posted on 03/15/2019 6:15:19 AM PDT by humblegunner
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Which is why you are having a vote, because there is a law passed by congress that authorizes the president to spend money on emergencies that was appropriated by congress but unallocated.

And that law has a provision where, if the congress thinks the specific spending for the specific emergency is not necessary, they can vote it down.

But here, we have senators who say there IS an emergency, and the money IS needed, and voted it down anyway.

Stupidly, the law as written allows the president to veto the vote to stop him, so they need even MORE votes.

The republicans realize this is a bad law, and want to fix it so that it takes a vote of congress to continue the spending (this is a better way to handle emergencies, let the president spend money immediately, but as the emergency continues, force congress to fund it).

But the democrats apparently love the law the way it is, and don’t want to change it at all, they just want to be upset that a republican is in the presidency.


73 posted on 03/15/2019 9:10:35 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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