Tag Archives: Rand Paul

The Hill reports: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) ripped former President Trump on Monday for endorsing former House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Rogers’s (R-Mich.) bid for Senate, slamming the former congressman as the “worst Deep State candidate this cycle.” “Donald Trump just endorsed the worst Deep State candidate this cycle. @MikeRogersForMI is a never Trumper, and a card carrying member of …

Inside Radio reports: Questions remain about the legislative prospects for a bill that would require AM radio in vehicle dashboards. But if it does come to a vote in the House, the radio industry can rest assured that it will pass. After a day of Capitol Hill lobbying by broadcasters, several lawmakers joined the list of backers of the AM …

The Guardian reports: Rand Paul has launched a talking filibuster in protest of the $95bn foreign aid package making its way through the Senate, $60bn of which would be sent to Ukraine and $14bn of which would be directed to Israel. In a rambling speech, Paul addressed disparate topics like Covid-19 vaccinations and immigration. On the topic of foreign aid, …

USA Today reports: Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., used the Heimlich maneuver to save fellow Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa from choking at a Senate luncheon on Thursday. Ernst’s office told the Des Moines Register, part of the USA TODAY Network, that Ernst was “doing well.” Paul, a medical doctor and an ophthalmologist, was quickly lauded by his Republican colleagues, …

“I think it would be better to gather more evidence before an impeachment. If there’s going to be impeachment, let’s have quite a bit of evidence out there that the American people are actually behind this, because I don’t really want to impeach every president comes forward. “I think the Democrats set a terrible precedent in impeaching Donald Trump just …

Politico reports: Rand’s got a new stand: Banning TikTok will backfire on the GOP with young voters. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who’s shown repeatedly that he’ll stretch chamber rules to their limits in order to be heard, is warning the rest of the GOP about the electoral price it might pay for yanking one of their favorite apps. As the …

Sen. Rand Paul writes for the Louisville Courier-Journal: Congressional Republicans have come up with a national strategy to permanently lose elections for a generation: Ban a social media app called TikTok that 94 million, primarily young Americans, use. The banning TikTok strategy also comes while the GOP simultaneously complains of liberal U.S. social media companies canceling and censoring conservatives. So, …

ABC News reports: A staffer for Sen. Rand Paul was stabbed and seriously injured in Washington, D.C., on Saturday and a suspect has since been arrested, according to police and Paul’s office. “This past weekend a member of my staff was brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington, D.C.,” Paul, R-Ky,. said in a statement to ABC News on Monday. …

The Washington Examiner reports: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) didn’t mince words about his contempt against a speculated indictment of former President Donald Trump by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. “A Trump indictment would be a disgusting abuse of power. The DA should be put in jail,” Paul tweeted. Rumors that Trump may be indicted raged over the weekend when the …

Mediaite reports: Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo interviewed Sen. Rand Paul on Thursday about his longstanding criticism of  Fauci and the government’s handling of the  pandemic. The heavy-handed interview, which saw Bartiromo spin conspiracies related to  Covid vaccines, began with her blasting Biden and suggesting one reason the public still doesn’t know the origins of the Covid is because he …

Fox News reports: Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Monday called for the Biden administration to declassify government documents that reportedly show the Energy Department assessing the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from an accidental lab leak in China. Paul was hardly the only Republican lawmakers to call for answers and accountability following news of the Energy Department’s assessment. Congressional Republicans quickly …

“I think it’s good news that the basketball player is being released. Nine years of hard labor for drug possession is a ridiculous charge. “But I think also Russia needs to realize that the other gentleman’s being kept on trumped-up spy charges. What that means is particularly if he wasn’t a spy, which I don’t have any evidence that he …

“The Republicans, had they won the Senate, they would be bringing me before the committee that Rand Paul likely would be chairing. “That’s not going to happen because the Senate is not in the Republican control. But the Republican House has said that they’re going to – and that’s fine with me. “I’m very much in favor of legitimate oversight. …

The Associated Press reports: Republican U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was the victim of a violent attack in 2017 when his neighbor slammed into him from behind outside his Kentucky home. Earlier that year, Paul took cover when a gunman opened fire while GOP members of Congress practiced for a charity baseball game. Paul revived those traumatic events in his bid …

Axios reports: Less than a week after the FBI’s search of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) called for the repeal of the Espionage Act on Saturday, saying it was an “egregious affront to the 1st Amendment.” The Department of Justice filed a motion on Thursday to unseal parts of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant. Documents released on …

The Hill reports: Congressional Republicans are eagerly floating investigations into Anthony Fauci and the Biden administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic if they win back control of the House or Senate in the midterm elections. “One way or another, if we are in the majority, we will subpoena his records and he will testify in the Senate under oath,” said …

CNN reports: In a rare showing of public unity, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor to press for quick passage of a $40 billion aid bill for Ukraine but were blocked by GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky who is demanding changes to the legislation. Despite the high-profile pressure from the …

The New York Daily News reports: Memo to Sen. Rand Paul: Ukraine is an independent country, not a Soviet puppet state. The Kentucky conservative firebrand parroted a talking point by Russian President Vladimir Putin, claiming that Russia only invades countries once part of the former Soviet Union. “You could argue the countries they’ve attacked were part of Russia,” Paul said …

Media Matters has the transcript: SEAN HANNITY (HOST): Listen to Zelensky, he’s not asking for boots. He’s asking for weapons. And if you want to charge him later, there’s enough mineral, natural resources — make him pay us back. I’m fine with that. That was Rand Paul’s suggestion, not mine. Think it’s a good idea. Let’s do that. Sean Hannity …

Roll Call reports: The Senate voted 57-40 to overturn a federal requirement that passengers on U.S. airplanes and other modes of public transportation wear masks. The Congressional Review Act measure, introduced by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is the latest salvo in a fight between congressional Republicans and the Biden administration over public health requirements related to the pandemic. Despite the …