Posted on 12/13/2021 2:58:59 PM PST by DoodleDawg
Biden has already signed off on the Governor of Kentucky's request for a disaster declaration. Aid in already arriving in the impacted areas. I don't know if any of the other states have requested the same.
These actions come from the Governor. Senator doesn’t have jack squat to do with it.
If I made it sound like I think Paul is the only hypocrite in the Senate then let me be clear. They're all hypocrites to one extent or another.
Slightly off topic but I keep reading reports indicating Kentucky is a Midwestern State.
No, it’s not.
Media geography fake news.
Paul reached out to Biden and asked him to escalate the disaster approval and aid arrival.
This time it’s different?
Rand Paul is really something else. Sometimes you like him, some times you don’t. He rarely sits on the fence.
But this time it’s different. I agree it is but he needs to make it clear.
No, it’s not.
As far as the media is concerned everything west of the East Coast and east of the West Coast is Midwest.
I need more information than I read about Paul and his stance. I suspect it has been taken out of context. He probably wanted cuts from a lot of worthless Federal Programs which I would approve of, there are too many that keep getting funding that are long out of date.
Look at Paul's record. In the case of every other disaster request he has demanded that any money appropriated be offset by cuts from other programs otherwise he would not vote for the relief package. And he has never voted for one. The question is will he make the same demand on any Kentucky relief and will he refuse to vote for it if his demands are not met?
RP has little sympathy to folks who build homes in flood zones and other areas which regularly flood due to “natural” disasters. Tornado’s touching down in KY is a bit of a different cut of cloth.
Context matters. Anything out of context can be insulted.
And if it’s legally available, those insisting on providing it can’t complain about anyone taking it.
You can if the one taking it has voted against aid for disaster relief for everyone else in the counrty.
So, if the bordering states of Indiana and Illinois are midwestern, what does that make Kentucky?
So Tennessee borders Kentucky. If Kentucky has to be Midwestern because it borders Illinois and Indiana, then Tennessee has to be Midwestern too. Oops, there goes Mississippi and Alabama.
Basically they have to draw the line somewhere. They chose the Ohio River as the divider between Midwest and South. Illinois and Indiana are on the North shore. Kentucky is on the South shore.
Then spin it as showing how right your position is.
Rand should spin it as “we want our money back that never should have left this state in the first place”. Not like tornado damage isn’t statistically predictable.
That’s politics. Most people are too stupid to see the difference and Obama made nuance a dirty word.
“Facing criticism”
From whom?
Deep state hit piece
So you admit he voted for them.
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