Posted on 06/12/2025 5:38:02 PM PDT by RandFan
A bitter feud is escalating between Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Donald Trump’s top border official, injecting uncertainty into Congress’s attempt to pass the administration’s signature policy bill this month.
Key Trump adviser Stephen Miller came to Capitol Hill to meet with Senate Republicans on Thursday to resolve a major issue over the bill’s border security provisions – which Paul opposes.
Paul and Miller have been locked in a dispute for days over the border funding. The White House is seeking $150 billion in funds for border security and deportation. But Paul – who has repeatedly lashed out against the price tag of Trump’s bill – wants to dramatically cut down that funding.
Now, that tension between the two key GOP figures is spilling into the open.
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Paul, however, has defended his stance, insisting that the White House needs to justify its funding request, especially since it was made before Trump came into office. And he specifically called out a certain GOP senator whom he accused of being a fiscal hawk only when “convenient.”
“Senator Graham wants to make sure the president gets exactly what he wants. He’s a rubber stamp, and I am a believer that we are acting fiscally responsible at every level of government, across government, and that you can’t just sort of be fiscally conservative when it’s convenient, when it comes to the border,” Paul told reporters Thursday.
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Rand is a pain in the azz.
Rand Paul thinks it is far better to spend less and destroy the country so he can be seen in whatever delusional thing he has going in his mind.
Did Paul vote to send money to Ukraine?
If he did, he is a traitorous idiot.
And yet Trump happily invites Rand to the party tonight. Yeah, they want Rand out of there. But the Pubs could do worse.
If the headline is correct then Paul is going to be handed is own ass by miller.
He destroys himself.
This will likely get worked out. Sorry CNN. Keep trying.
Unlike 99 other senators I can guarantee he has not voted for one cent to Ukraine in 15 years
He’s an idiot.
Rand can in no way way shape or form go head to head with Miller
Rand is apparently opposed to border security.
Unbelievable.
Fix the border, then fix deficit/totaL DEBT.
NO sir he’s just for 75 billion not 150 billon
Whatever the cost is less than subsidizing 20 million illegals …. ICE needs support …. Military is fine with me as backup. Rand is grandstanding. Get out of the way…. Let Trump work his magic.
how much does it cost to deport 20 30 or more million illegals?
it pays for itself
Miller can do nothing to Paul. Powerless.
Rand is such a fraud. Former supporter but now i can’t stand this guy.
They don't have to destroy Rand. He's doing a good enough job of that himself.
So he's for a half-assed job being done then.
Rand is destroying himself, if anything.
Republicans are worried Rand is making a fool of himself... Maybe like Elon, he needs to dial it back a bit.
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