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Sen. Rand Paul 'supportive,' but hasn't endorsed former President Donald Trump
Spectrum News ^ | June 5 | BY ERIN KELLY

Posted on 06/09/2024 1:48:51 AM PDT by RandFan

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To: RandFan

Pres. Trump has shown - to my satisfaction - that he fully understands how he was manipulated by Fauci and Birx and the vast pro-Chicom elite, and is already taking steps to ensure a better cadre of assistants than the permanent bureaucracy provides.

To my mind, Sen. Paul is 100% is justified playing ‘wait and see’ - for now. But he damn well knows there is no worthy alternative anywhere in sight. And Trump’s advisors need to pull Paul into Trump’s orbit, and not with mere word-play.

The situation is as serious as it gets. And there are no sidelines; only a very dangerous playing field. So, take the field, pick a speck of turf and defend it.


21 posted on 06/09/2024 5:53:55 AM PDT by Montana_Sam (Truth lives.)
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To: Tall Wall Texan

Why do I get the feeling you are referring to Mark Wayne.


22 posted on 06/09/2024 6:12:57 AM PDT by Iceclimber58
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To: Montana_Sam

Dear Rand Fan:

Like you I think very highly of Rand. I was pushing him for the VP slot-not now. Just read between the lines. He’s telling Trump to come to him. Trump doesn’t work that way. He’s a good enough listener to where Rand should not infer that he wants Trump to kiss his behind beforehand.

There are a lot of good, informed opinions ere. Glad you posted it.


23 posted on 06/09/2024 6:23:28 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: RandFan

IMHO for the sake of the country there is no other choice than Trump.


24 posted on 06/09/2024 6:27:17 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Iceclimber58

I had to look up Mark Wayne. He’s certainly no Bruce Wayne.


25 posted on 06/09/2024 6:35:48 AM PDT by Tall Wall Texan (You accepted a loan? Pay it back!)
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To: RandFan

Trump knows things that Rand Paul does not know. In time he will be enlightened.


26 posted on 06/09/2024 6:35:54 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Tall Wall Texan

Well said. He is right about the issues he cites. But he knows that Democrats must be defeated. He is doing his part in his own way.


27 posted on 06/09/2024 6:49:47 AM PDT by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: alstewartfan

Rand needs to stay in his lane. Think Linda’s comments after Roe was overturned. We have to be wary of those we approve. Grandstanding is a bit disingenuous.


28 posted on 06/09/2024 7:06:07 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: RandFan

I repeat: in 2017 when I was at Trump Tower with Steve Bannon we discussed Senate allies.

Randy wasn’t one.


29 posted on 06/09/2024 7:19:13 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." Jimi Hendrix)
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To: RandFan

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more vocal on things like the lockdowns that I opposed, like the civil liberties abuses that I opposed, like the debt, which frankly, has been bad under Republicans and Democrats, ......

2 weeks to slow the spread was ‘Science’...
Trump, hoax impeached twice in just 4 short years of public office,would have had 3 or 4 more impeachments had he gone against ‘Science’...

Rand isn’t MAGA enough for me..
He’s spent way too much time in the Co Owned Swamp to be preachy..


30 posted on 06/09/2024 7:21:22 AM PDT by delchiante
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To: RandFan
Rand Paul supports Trump, so let's get that straight to begin with. He has leverage right now, which we don't. He was commitments on issues or wants a deal. I wish we all had the same.

Action on Fauci. Sure, throw him and his gang in jail. Does anyone on FR not agree with criticism of Fauci?!

What else does Rand Paul want? The article, and I broke FR tradition by opening and reading the link, does not say?

If I had Rand Paul's leverage, I'd ask for the following:

Get a commitment to deport 60 million illegals.

Get a commitment to build the entire wall, not just another 200 miles that Trump is now promising.

Get a commitment to cut off countries like India and China that don't take back deportees as Trump 1.0 promised.

Get a commitment to end H1B not again increase them as Trump 1.0 did.

Get a commitment to send H1B home, not let them stay as Trump 1.0 did.

Get a commitment to implement E-Verify.

Get a commitment to fire all appointees and not let them stay as Trump 1.0 did.

Maybe, specifically, for Rand Paul, a commitment to support for him to replace McConnell.

Yes, I'm sure most of us support Trump, but getting him to actually do what we want is not directly possible for most of us. Pending more details on what he is asking for, I'm not going to criticize Rand Paul for using the leverage he has.

I have faith that Trump will address his concerns.

31 posted on 06/09/2024 7:28:48 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Build the Wall, Deport Them All. No amnesty for anyone.)
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He’s negotiating. There’s something he wants.

Exactly!

32 posted on 06/09/2024 7:32:37 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Build the Wall, Deport Them All. No amnesty for anyone.)
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To: wiseprince

The Senate, House, AND the President are responsible for the debt. I blame them all as any one of them could have said No, used that No vote to get change. If Rand Paul accomplishes nothing more than reduce the debt, that would be great for the country.


33 posted on 06/09/2024 7:35:57 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Build the Wall, Deport Them All. No amnesty for anyone.)
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To: Reno89519

Well good luck with that. 95 big spenders in the Senate and 410 in the house but the President should run on cuts. That’s why Rand got 1% of the vote when he ran. I’m sure if you could find the numbers to cut Trump would sign it but why shoot yourself in the foot during the campaign for something you almost certainly won’t be able to do while in office. Romney and Ryan ran on cuts to SS and they got destroyed by Obama.


34 posted on 06/09/2024 8:18:31 AM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: wiseprince

Romney was dominioned in Ohio and Florida in ‘12 most likely.


35 posted on 06/09/2024 8:23:14 AM PDT by 38special (The government is ruining our country!)
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To: wiseprince
Mentioning social security cuts during an election is a sure way to lose. That's not what needs cuts, well not directly. If they were to reign in the fraud and all of the extra goodies to extra people that were not part of social security that would save it. Plus, repay social security for the funds diverted to other stuff.

We need cuts across government, the little things like PBS, they all add up.

36 posted on 06/09/2024 9:10:48 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Build the Wall, Deport Them All. No amnesty for anyone.)
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To: 38special
Romney was dominioned in Ohio and Florida in ‘12 most likely.

I absolutely agree. Media stopped polling and explicitly stopped exit polling to conceal the steal, Romney seemed to give up in the weeks before hand, maybe recognizing what was happening. I recall a post-election comment from him about wanting to stay above it all, that he couldn't or didn't want to fight it. Trump beat it first time, lost to the steal the second time. I hope they are going to do more that a few second-rate attorneys and lip service about it all this time around.

37 posted on 06/09/2024 9:13:53 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Build the Wall, Deport Them All. No amnesty for anyone.)
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To: RandFan

PDJT should offer the VP to Rand Paul. He’d earn my enthusiastic support.


38 posted on 06/09/2024 10:48:16 AM PDT by Theophilus (covfefe)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Linda is a fiend who screamed that he wanted J6 participants dead. No one compares.


39 posted on 06/09/2024 11:19:44 AM PDT by alstewartfan (Child slavery, rape and drug OD's mean nothing to Roberts and Barrett. )
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To: RandFan

Is Rand a leading figure in American politics? I always thought that he was better or at least sounded better than most GOP drones but I have to ask, what has he actually accomplished? The entire American political system is going down and going down fast. President Trump is about to be jailed, many Americans are today political prisoners. As a Senator what has he done exactly?


40 posted on 06/09/2024 12:04:50 PM PDT by McCarthysGhost
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